Collect Essay Orwell: The Collected Essays, Journalism And Letters Of George Orwell, Vol. 4, 1945-1950: IV (In Front of Your Nose) - Softcover

Orwell, George

 
9780156186230: Collect Essay Orwell: The Collected Essays, Journalism And Letters Of George Orwell, Vol. 4, 1945-1950: IV (In Front of Your Nose)
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ISBN 10: 0156186233 ISBN 13: 9780156186230
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2009

Synopsis

A record of a great writer's nonfiction work and an evolving picture of the last years of his life, during the time when he published Animal Farm and 1984. "A magnificent tribute to the probity, consistency and insight of Orwell's topical writings....A remarkable self-portrait" (Alfred Kazin, Book World). Edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus; Index.

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About the Author

George Orwell (1903-1950), the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, was an English novelist, essayist, and critic. He was born in India and educated at Eton. After service with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, he returned to Europe to earn his living by writing. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of 1984 (1949), which brought him worldwide fame.

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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0156186233
ISBN 13 
9780156186230
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
576

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