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An Age Like This: 1920-1940 (The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, Vol. 1)
George Orwell is a major figure in twentieth-century literature. The author of Down and Out in Paris and London, Nineteen Eighty-four, and Animal Farm, he published ten books and two collections of essays during his lifetime -- but in terms of actual words, produced much more than seems possible for someone who died at the age of forty-six and was often struggling against...more
Paperback, 600 pages
Published
August 1st 2000
by Nonpareil Books
(first published 1968)
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A great supplement to his novels. This covers all of his earliest writings as well as background writings for "Wigan Pier" and "Down and Out". Some of the short pieces are quite excellent, on a par with Orwell at his best, especially the works on social degradation in England: "Hop-Picking", "The Spike", "Clink" (the latter sees Orwell getting very drunk and trying to get arrested). "A Hanging" and "Shooting an Elephant" are here, too. "Bookshop Memories" also. Plenty of articles and corresponde...more
The first volume of this collection of George Orwell’s essays, diaries, and letters covers the period from 1920-1940. During this time, Orwell published seven of his nine books and began to develop the political opinions that would later become so important in his work, but he was still relatively unknown.
In his letters, he did not mince words about some things he really, really disliked. These included:
Roman Catholics
feminists
Scottish people
vegetarians
fruit-juice drinkers
Oswald Mosley
On the ot...more
In his letters, he did not mince words about some things he really, really disliked. These included:
Roman Catholics
feminists
Scottish people
vegetarians
fruit-juice drinkers
Oswald Mosley
On the ot...more
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This is Volume One of a four-volume set edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. The set is called THE COLLECTED ESSAYS, JOURNALISM AND LETTERS OF GEORGE ORWELL.
This whole set came out in 1968. Sonia Orwell was Orwell's widow, so, to some extent, this is an authorized collection, but it is comprehensive.
It's clear Orwell wrote letters in the hope that someday the public would read them. There is a vast universe of Orwell beyond ANIMAL FARM and 1984. People who say his novels are not great as novels...more
This whole set came out in 1968. Sonia Orwell was Orwell's widow, so, to some extent, this is an authorized collection, but it is comprehensive.
It's clear Orwell wrote letters in the hope that someday the public would read them. There is a vast universe of Orwell beyond ANIMAL FARM and 1984. People who say his novels are not great as novels...more
I'm torn about what rating to give it, because while the first 3/4 of the book was interesting to me, it wasn't really good, whereas in the last few long essays he clearly found a form which really, really suited him. In the end I decided on four stars, both because I got a lot of pleasure from his early book reviews and letters and diary entries, and because seeing Orwell's sense of social justice growing and the intellectual work he did to refine it is just fascinating.
I was so impressed by the collection of Orwell's essays I read a few months ago, and by "Homage to Catalonia", that when I came across the 4-volume collection of his non-fiction remaindered in the bookstore, it was a no-brainer to buy the whole set. A preliminary glance at the material in this book supports the notion that it is in his short non-fiction pieces that Orwell truly excels, rather than in the two novels for which he is most famous.
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Wow...c'était bon!!! J'ai très hâte de dire tous les autres tomes. RIP cher Michel David.
For the Orwell-phile.
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Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social injustice, an intense opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language, and a belief in democratic socialism.
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