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    <body><![CDATA[A brilliant set of essays, providing great insights into Orwell's world -- the end of colonialism, the rise of fascism and Stalinism, the evolution of British society. I read Orwell's essays in college (in fact, I may have read some in high school), and have usually carried a volume around with me s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6065420">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The work in this book shines a searchlight on the British and British intellectual life.<br/>Subjects illuminated include : the end of colonialism, British politics, World War 2, British people and class, the British inter-war intelligentsia, and more.<br/>The essays are each a learning experience...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4997477">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Orwell writes so well you want to give him a standing ovation. This collection contains several classic essays -- &quot;Shooting an Elephant&quot;, &quot;Politics and the English Language&quot;, &quot;Such, Such were the Joys&quot; (memories of his schooldays) -- as well as amazing pieces on Dickens...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36641877">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my homeboy right here. I so wish George Orwell was still alive and blogging about snack food. I would haunt that blog like you would not believe, and there could be lively debates in the comments about which snack foods were Fascist. <br/><br/>Seriously though, his writing makes me want to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8785455">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far su-per! &quot;Inside the Whale&quot; LITERALLY knocked my socks off (haha!)!  Would that we were all so clear-headed (and unafraid of creating and sustaining gigantic, unwieldy metaphors, and smart enough to get away with it) as Mr. Orwell. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[man, this book is such a great old friend.<br/>----<br/>Orwell is skyrocketing up my list of major 20th century writers with every one of the 255 pages I've thus far read of this 1300+ page behemoth. The man was amazingly prescient, at a deep, detailed level.<br/><br/>This was one of the best co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34011547">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you ask me, essays are George Orwell's true talent.  And I'm not just saying that because I think essays are da bomb or because I think Animal Farm is an overrated piece of caca.  The thing that makes essays difficult to write is the ever-present &quot;who cares?&quot; question.  All an essay rea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28630532">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Anyone who knows only the Orwell of Animal Farm and 1984, and/or who sees him as some kind of prophet of totalitarian doom has not had the opportunity to see him at his best and most moving (and at times profound). In Homage to Catalonia, and even more in these essays, one findss Orwell at his best....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25654739">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[tons of good stuff here; in the essay 'England your England&quot; Orwell explains how to tell if your war-mongering leaders are truly immoral: &quot;One thing that has always shown  the English ruling class are morally fairly sound, is that in time of war they are ready enough to get themselves kill...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56966677">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Whether analyzing the work of Charles Dickens or describing crude popular sketches, Orwell uses a logical and clear voice that brings in history, culture and politics to help illuminate his topic. I admit that some of these essays were a bit tough for me to slog through, especially the literary crit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71740544">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Orwell writes so clearly and with such ecomony that sometimes you forget how progressive and prescient his ideas are.  Two essays that stick out for me are the vivid &quot;Shooting an Elephant&quot; and &quot;Politics and the English Language&quot; which should be required business reading.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have read a number of his essays from this book, they seem to pay homage to his later works in 1984 (almost like his workings out of that story). Interesting to get his serious perspective on life without the twists of a story.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[lots of orwell's thoughts on various matters, from the perfect cup of tea to the necessity of socialism. wonderful essay on updating written english, with an example of vegetable being spelled vejtbl, which seems far more accurate to what is generally spoken. an introduction to a translated version ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75350538">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Orwell was undoubtedly brilliant, and many of the essays here are stylish and compelling.  I was surprised to find that other essays aren't that interesting; a few are even cumbersome.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I came to read this book because Frank Luntz extensively quoted Orwell's &quot;Politics and the English Language&quot; in Luntz's &quot;Words That Work.&quot;<br/><br/>If George Orwell lived in the age of creative express through social media, this book would be his blog.  George wouldn't have bee...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63013079">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The autobiographical stuff is great. In his essay about fighting in the Spanish revolution, you can see the seeds of the ideas that he explored in Nineteen Eighty-four, which is cool.<br/><br/>&quot;Politics and the English Language&quot; should be memorized by anyone who ever writes anything.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55747073">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[His essay on Dickens (&quot;rotten architecture, lots of gargoyles&quot;) actually made me want to read more Dickens.  That is the sign of a phenomenal essayist.]]></body>
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