Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith Today, George Orwell is perhaps most famous for his iconic novels – Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm – but in his own time it was his remarkable nonfiction writing which drew most attention. Kind-hearted, intelligent, often funny, occasionally indignant, always insightful- his essays are some of the best ever written. Among others, this selection includes ‘Shooting an Elephant’, ‘Such, Such Were the Joys’ and ‘Some Thoughts on the Common Toad’. Author Biography Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith Today, George Orwell is perhaps most famous for his iconic novels – Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm – but in his own time it was his remarkable nonfiction writing which drew most attention. Kind-hearted, intelligent, often funny, occasionally indignant, always insightful- his essays are some of the best ever written. Among others, this selection includes ‘Shooting an Elephant’, ‘Such, Such Were the Joys’ and ‘Some Thoughts on the Common Toad’. Author Biography Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith Today, George Orwell is perhaps most famous for his iconic novels – Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm – but in his own time it was his remarkable nonfiction writing which drew most attention. Kind-hearted, intelligent, often funny, occasionally indignant, always insightful- his essays are some of the best ever written. Among others, this selection includes ‘Shooting an Elephant’, ‘Such, Such Were the Joys’ and ‘Some Thoughts on the Common Toad’. Author Biography Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith Today, George Orwell is perhaps most famous for his iconic novels – Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm – but in his own time it was his remarkable nonfiction writing which drew most attention. Kind-hearted, intelligent, often funny, occasionally indignant, always insightful- his essays are some of the best ever written. Among others, this selection includes ‘Shooting an Elephant’, ‘Such, Such Were the Joys’ and ‘Some Thoughts on the Common Toad’. Author Biography Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.
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[(Shooting an Elephant: And Other Essays)] [ By (author) George Orwell, Introduction by Jeremy Paxman ] [June, 2003]
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Presents an account of the author's experience as a police officer in imperial Burma. This collection features the essays that include classics such as "My Country Right or Left", "How the Poor Die" and "Such, Such were the Joys", his memoir of the horrors of public school, as well as discussions of Shakespeare, sleeping rough, and boys' weeklies and a spirited defence of English cooking. Opinionated, uncompromising, provocative and hugely entertaining, all show Orwell's unique ability to get to the heart of any subject.
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These essays are vital to understand the work of George Orwell who most people only know as the author of Animal Farm. This book has several essays that are beautifully and rigorously written and that will draw you into Orwell's world and into his thought processes. Highly recommended read at a reasonable price bearing in mind its panoramic and multiple contents.
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[(Shooting an Elephant: And Other Essays)] [ By (author) George Orwell, Introduction by Jeremy Paxman ] [June, 2003]
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Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays by Orwell, George
Delivery $35.34
Presents an account of the author's experience as a police officer in imperial Burma. This collection features the essays that include classics such as "My Country Right or Left", "How the Poor Die" and "Such, Such were the Joys", his memoir of the horrors of public school, as well as discussions of Shakespeare, sleeping rough, and boys' weeklies and a spirited defence of English cooking. Opinionated, uncompromising, provocative and hugely entertaining, all show Orwell's unique ability to get to the heart of any subject.
These essays are vital to understand the work of George Orwell who most people only know as the author of Animal Farm. This book has several essays that are beautifully and rigorously written and that will draw you into Orwell's world and into his thought processes. Highly recommended read at a reasonable price bearing in mind its panoramic and multiple contents.
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