Orwell: The Observer Years
by George Orwell 
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Combining reporting of the very highest order with profiles, analysis and book reviews, this complete collection is an important addition to the library of any admirer of Orwell.Tags
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Good selection of essays, if you want a more completionist collection the Everyman's Library edition is jam packed and cheap. This selection covers both his serious reflections on the Spanish Civil War and WWII, Hitler and choice words about communists, but also lighthearted essays about british food and the perfect way to drink tea.
Disappointing. Picture of a left-wing mind in and around WW2, hoping for a "revolution", peaceful of course. Refers all the time to "England" rather than "Britain" or "UK". Wonder where he thought he was when writing 1984 on Jura. The abiding vivid relevance of 1984 and even Animal Farm, seem a real contrast to this material very stuck in its own era.
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George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on June 25, 1903 in Motihari in Bengal, India and later studied at Eton College for four years. He was an assistant superintendent with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He left that position after five years and moved to Paris, where he wrote his first two books: Burmese Days and Down and Out in Paris show more and London. He then moved to Spain to write but decided to join the United Workers Marxist Party Militia. After being decidedly opposed to communism, he served in the British Home Guard and with the Indian Service of the BBC during World War II. After the war, he wrote for the Observer and was literary editor for the Tribune. His best known works are Animal Farm and 1984. His other works include A Clergyman's Daughter, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia, and Coming Up for Air. He died on January 21, 1950 at the age of 46. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Orwell: The Observer Years
- Original publication date
- 2003
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