The Orwell Reader

The Orwell Reader
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 484
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ISBN-10 : 0156701766
ISBN-13 : 9780156701761
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Orwell Reader by : George Orwell

Download or read book The Orwell Reader written by George Orwell and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1956 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [1.] Prologue in Burma: Shooting an elephant -- A hanging -- From Burmese days -- [2.] The thirties: From Down and out in Paris and London -- How the poor die -- From A clergyman's daughter -- From Keep the aspidistra flying -- From The road to Wigan Pier -- From Homage to Catalonia -- From Coming up for air -- [3.] World War II and after: From The lion and the unicorn : socialism and the English genius -- England your England -- Rudyard Kipling -- Politics vs. literature : an examination of "Gulliver's travels"--Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool -- In defense of P.G. Wodehouse -- Reflections on Gandhi -- Second thoughts on James Burnham -- Politics and the English language -- The prevention of literature -- "I write as I please": Decline of the English murder ; Some thoughts on the common toad ; A good word for the vicar of Bray -- Why I write -- From Nineteen eighty-four -- "Such, such were the joys ..."


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