false 30557 5 This outstanding collection brings together Orwell's longer, major essays and a fine selection of shorter pieces that includes "Shooting an Elephant", "My Country Right or Left", "Decline of an English Murder" and "A Hanging". With great originality and wit Orwell unfolds his views on subjects ranging from a revaluation of Charles Dickens to a spirited defence of English cooking. Displaying an almost unrivalled mastery of English plain prose style, Orwell's essays challenge, move and entertain. 193459 1931 Shooting an Elephant (Penguin Modern Classics) total:571|5:234|4:217|3:105|2:12|1:3| 571 2380 812 19 4 2 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Aug 23 08:44:28 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 08:47:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 16:13:26 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 16:20:39 -0700 2008 I have read Animal Farm, by George Orwell as well, and that was one of the most amazing b...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 27 09:37:48 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 10:23:40 -0800 2009
this was based on something that happened to him early on and likely i...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Feb 02 16:33:47 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 16:33:47 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 22 16:37:22 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 25 19:49:23 -0700 2009
"Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool"
One's first feeling is that in describing Shakespeare as a bad writer he is saying something demonstrably untrue. But this is not the case. In reality there is no kind of evidence or argument by which one can show that Shakespeare, or a...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed May 06 18:47:56 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 18:49:02 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 02:59:17 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 02:59:47 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Apr 25 22:35:01 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 17 11:55:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 27 12:57:35 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 01 12:46:39 -0800 2008
This might be the point of the story. Or one of many. At any case, it makes a point about imperialism in economical language that is illustrative of our role in Iraq and our identity as...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Apr 12 04:31:32 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 04:34:18 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Jul 12 14:22:36 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 14:22:36 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Thu Jun 26 20:20:41 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 20:22:11 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Jun 20 13:08:29 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 13:09:26 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 20:40:26 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 20:42:41 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Jun 07 17:44:28 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 17:45:51 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Oct 04 13:22:12 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 13:23:05 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 16:25:04 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 16:26:07 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Oct 04 16:39:11 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 16:40:16 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Mon Jun 02 06:44:50 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 25 09:59:30 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 02 06:44:50 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Nov 28 12:35:37 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 12:35:37 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=30557