The Penguin Essays Of George Orwell by George Orwell.
Poetry and the Microphone. Politics and the English Language. Politics vs. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver's Travels. Raffles and Miss Blandish. Reflections of Ghandi. Revenge is Sour. Riding Down The Bangor. Rudyard Kipling. Shooting an Elephant. Some Thoughts on the Common Toad. Spilling The Spanish Beans. Such, Such Were The Joys.The best collection of essays that Ive read so far. 14 well-written essays by Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) also known as George Orwell.It covers a wide range of topics from his childhood, Spanish Civil War, Mahatma Gandhi, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Jewish religion, politics, etc to his shooting of an elephant while serving as a police in Burma.These quotes from Orwell on Truth, a collection of George Orwell's fiction and non-fiction on this elusive subject, bring his much-needed voice of reason to today's post-truth world. 06 November 2017 ’You are free to be a drunkard, an idler, a coward, a backbiter, a fornicator; but you are not.
Booktopia has George Orwell: Essays, Penguin Modern Classics by George Orwell. Buy a discounted Paperback of George Orwell: Essays online from Australia's leading online bookstore.The articles collected in George Orwell's Essays illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century - a man who elevated political writing to an art. This outstanding collection brings together Orwell's longer, major essays and a fine selection of shorter pieces that includes 'My Country Right or Left', 'Decline of the English Murder', 'Shooting an Elephant.
Critical Essays (1946) is a collection of wartime pieces by George Orwell.It covers a variety of topics in English literature, and also includes some pioneering studies of popular culture.It was acclaimed by critics, and Orwell himself thought it one of his most important books.
