Length12h 39m
About this audiobook
One of the most thought-provoking and vivid essayists of the twentieth century, George Orwell fought the injustices of his time with singular vigour through pen and paper. In this selection of essays, he ranges from reflections on his boyhood schooling and the profession of writing to his views on the Spanish Civil War and British imperialism. The pieces collected here include the relatively unfamiliar and the more celebrated, making it an ideal compilation for both new and dedicated readers of Orwell's work. (Goodreads)
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Length12 hrs 39 mins
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Publish dateMar 20, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Spike (1931)
2A Hanging (1931)
3Bookshop Memories (1936)
4Shooting an Elephant (1936)
5Down the Mine (1937) (From “The Road to Wigan Pier”)
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6North and South (1937) (From “The Road to Wigan Pier”)
7Spilling the Spanish Beans (1937)
8Marrakech (1939)
9Boys’ Weeklies and Frank Richards’s Reply (1940)
10Wells, Hitler and the World State (1941)
11Mark Twain — The Licensed Jester (1943)
12Poetry and the Microphone (1943)
13W B Yeats (1943)
14Arthur Koestler (1944)
15Benefit of Clergy: Some Notes on Salvador Dali (1944)
16Antisemitism in Britain (1945)
17Freedom of the Park (1945)
18Future of a Ruined Germany (1945)
19Good Bad Books (1945)
20In Defence of P. G. Wodehouse (1945)
21Nonsense Poetry (1945)
22Revenge is Sour (1945)
23The Sporting Spirit (1945)
24You and the Atomic Bomb (1945)
25A Good Word for the Vicar of Bray (1946)
26A Nice Cup of Tea (1946)
27Books vs. Cigarettes (1946)
28Confessions of a Book Reviewer (1946)
29Decline of the English Murder (1946)
30How the Poor Die (1946)
31Pleasure Spots (1946)
32Riding Down from Bangor (1946)
33Some Thoughts on the Common Toad (1946)
34The Prevention of Literature (1946)
35Why I Write (1946)
36Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool (1947)
37Such, Such Were the Joys (1947)
38Writers and Leviathan (1948)
39Reflections on Gandhi (1949)
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