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"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. 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."" 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, Orwell's essays created a unique literary manner from the process of thinking aloud and continue to challenge, move, and entertain."

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9781094061542

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"""Anyone who wants to understand the twentieth century will still have to read Orwell."" -- ""New York Review of Books"""

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George Orwell (1903-1950), the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, was an English novelist, essayist, and critic. He was born in India and educated at Eton. After service with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, he returned to Europe to earn his living by writing and became notable for his simplicity of style and his journalistic or documentary approach to fiction. Alex Hyde-White is a British-born actor and producer and voice artist. Awards he has won include an International Family Film Festival Award in 2012 and an Audiofile Earphones Award in 2014.

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