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A generous and varied selection?the only hardcover edition available?of the literary and political writings of one of the greatest essayists of the twentieth century.
Everyman's Library
October 2002
On Sale: October 15, 2002
1424 pages
ISBN: 0375415033
EAN: 9780375415036
Hardcover
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Although best known as the author of Animal Farm and
Nineteen Eighty-four, George Orwell left an even more
lastingly significant achievement in his voluminous essays,
which dealt with all the great social, political, and
literary questions of the day and exemplified an incisive
prose style that is still universally admired. Included
among the more than 240 essays in this volume are Orwell’s
famous discussion of pacifism, “My Country Right or Left”;
his scathingly complicated views on the dirty work of
imperialism in “Shooting an Elephant”; and his very firm
opinion on how to make “A Nice Cup of Tea.”
In his
essays, Orwell elevated political writing to the level of
art, and his motivating ideas–his desire for social justice,
his belief in universal freedom and equality, and his
concern for truth in language–are as enduringly relevant
now, a hundred years after his birth, as ever.
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