About this title: This collection contains some of Orwell's best: "Such, Such Were the Joys" (his incomparable recollection of his brutal public school days), "Shooting an Elephant," "Why I Write," "Politics and the English Language," and "England Your England," as well as essays on Dickens, Kipling, and Henry Miller. It also includes his witty dissection of the ...
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Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Doubleday / Anchor Books
Date Published: 1954
Description: Fair. As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, corner bumps, cover creases, soiling to the covers, the binding is split but no loose pages yet, and other moderate to heavy shopwear. Collection of occaisional essays including the much anthologised Shooting an Elephant. 320 pages. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1954
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 320 p. 18 cm. Doubleday anchor books, A29.. vintage paper. Price of 95 cents on cover. Anchor A29 read more
Description: Good. No Jacket. 0156186004 This book has some shelf wear as well as tanning and marks on the cover and pages. There is high-lighting on the pages. This book is 316 pages. read more
Binding: Mass Market
Publisher: Doubleday & Co
Date Published: 1954
Description: Good. 1954 Mass PB. Doubleday & Co. 320 Pgs. Previous owner name Half-Title page top is marked through. Owner notation Title Page. No other reader marks, clean pgs, binding solid. Cover very good with only light shelf wear. Lightly tanning. Essays included are: Such, Such Were the Joys, Charles Dickens, The Art of Donald McGill, Rudyard Kipling, Shooting an Elephant, Marrakech, Looking Back on the Spanish War, Boys' Weeklies, Why I Write and more. read more
Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: SOME ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: Harcourt Pub Date: 6/1/1970 Binding: Paperback Pages: 316. read more
Description: Very good. Pb hbj/harvest different publishing from above. cover shows light indentations and small creases to cover tips. top/bottom spine edges w/light rubs. spine not creased, binding firm. no writing found. [ssns b2] read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York. London: Harcourt Brace Johanovich, Publishers, 1953
Date Published: 1953
Description: Paperback. No Jacket. No Edition Given. Non Fiction. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. There are a few notes in the text, and there is minor shelf wear. Otherwise very fine. "In this best selling collection of fourteen essays, George Orwell discusses such i=diverse subjects as his boyhood schooling, the Spanish civil war, comic post cards, Charles Dickens, Ghandi, Henry Miller, Brisish immperialism, and the jprofession of writing. Written in the clear-eyed, uncommpromising language for which he is famous ... read more
""Politics and the English Language" completely deconstructed how I thought about media, government, politics and especially language itself. Must read."
"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 of animal farm is also of note, and a long piece about his time in schooling institutions."
"Orwell's essays are so fun to read, humorous and thought provoking. I always return to "Politics & the English Language," and "Such Were the Joys." Orwell was on the cutting edge of culture and media studies. I return to his short writings over and over."
"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 criticism pieces, but the book was well worth reading for some of Orwell's classics, like "Shooting and Elephant" and "Politics and the English Language." It was interesting reading some of the political ideas that eventually led to "1984.""
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