Essays - George Orwell
Public domain
Category: Anthology
Narrator: Alex Hyde-White
Tags: Anthology, Misc. Non-fiction, Autobiography & Biographies, Adults
The articles collected in George Orwells 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 Orwells 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., 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 defense of English cooking. Displaying an almost unrivalled mastery of English plain prose, Orwells essays created a unique literary manner from the process of thinking aloud and continue to challenge, move, and entertain.
