![]() This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Bernard Crick. Displaying an almost unrivalled mastery of English plain prose, Orwell's essays created a unique literary manner from the process of thinking aloud and continue to challenge, move and entertain. of era, some classics, such as A Hanging and Shooting an Elephant. From his earliest published article in 1928 to his death in 1950, he produced an array of short non-fiction. With great originality and wit Orwell unfolds his views on subjects ranging from a revaluation of Charles Dickens to the nature of Socialism, from a comic yet profound discussion of naughty seaside postcards to a spirited defence of English cooking. George Orwell was first & foremost an essayist. 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' and 'A Hanging'. ![]() 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. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |