Orwell: Essays (Hardcover)

George Orwell

ISBN 10: 0375415033 / ISBN 13: 9780375415036

Published by Random House USA Inc, New York, 2002

About this Item

Hardcover. A generous and varied selectionthe only hardcover edition availableof the literary and political writings of one of the greatest essayists of the twentieth century. 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 Orwells 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 ideashis desire for social justice, his belief in universal freedom and equality, and his concern for truth in languageare as enduringly relevant now, a hundred years after his birth, as ever. "Published by arrangement with Harcourt, Inc."--T.p. verso. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Orwell: Essays (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375415033
• ISBN 13: 9780375415036
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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.

 

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.

About the Author

GEORGE ORWELL (1903-1950) served with the Imperial Police in Burma, fought with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, and was a member of the Home Guard and a writer for the BBC during World War II. He is the author of many works of non-fiction and fiction.