Length5h 40m
About this audiobook
Long before "Orwellian" defined modern political nightmares, Eric Arthur Blair stood on history’s rawest front lines to unmask systemic power and deceit.
George Orwell: The Unflinching Eye is an immersive audio biography tracing his journey from an imperial policeman in Burma and a penniless dishwasher in Paris to a wounded militia fighter in the Spanish Civil War and the dying prophet of Nineteen Eighty-Four on the wind-scoured island of Jura. Spanning over 5 hours across ten gripping chapters, this production captures the relentless courage of a writer who sacrificed health, career, and comfort to defend objective truth.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length5 hrs 40 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
11. Chapter 1: Motihari and Eton: The Outsider's Mold (1903–1921)
22. Chapter 2: The Imperial Policeman: Days in Burma (1922–1927)
33. Chapter 3: In the Underbelly: Paris and London (1928–1931)
44. Chapter 4: Birth of a Pen Name: Becoming Orwell (1932–1935)
55. Chapter 5: Into the Coalfields: The Road to Wigan Pier (1936)
Mostrar todos os capítulosVer menos
66. Chapter 6: A Bullet in the Throat: The Spanish Civil War (1936–1937)
77. Chapter 7: Voice in the Blitz: The BBC and the War Effort (1938–1943)
88. Chapter 8: Fable of Betrayal: Writing Animal Farm (1943–1945)
99. Chapter 9: The Island Sanctuary: Jura and the Final Draft (1946–1948)
1010. Chapter 10: The Clock Strikes Thirteen: Legacy and Dying Breath (1949–1950)
1111. Special Note
More from Jamie Glick
Langston Hughes: The Rhythm of TruthJamie Glick13h 17m$9.99 · $0.00
Hannah Arendt: The Courage of ThoughtJamie Glick9h 27m$9.99 · $0.00
Florence Nightingale: Rebel of MercyJamie Glick6h 54m$9.99 · $0.00
Srinivasa Ramanujan: Visions of InfinityJamie Glick7h 15m$9.99 · $0.00
Sojourner Truth: Unbound WitnessJamie Glick6h 45m3.9 (21)$9.99 · $0.00
James Baldwin: The Defiant WitnessJamie Glick8h 56m$9.99 · $0.00
Ivan the Terrible: Shadow of the TsardomJamie Glick5h 55m$9.99 · $0.00
Frederick the Great: Iron and IdeasJamie Glick6h 19m Only with Ultra
Charlemagne: Sword of the WestJamie Glick6h 17m Only with Ultra
Peter the Great: Crown and CatalystJamie Glick5h 58m$9.99 · $0.00
Princess Diana: The Iconography of Modern RoyaltyJamie Glick4h 30m$9.99 · $0.00
Frida Kahlo: Canvas of Blood and IronJamie Glick5h 11m$9.99 · $0.00
Pablo Picasso: Form and FuryJamie Glick7h 52m$9.99 · $0.00
Vincent van Gogh: Canvas of FireJamie Glick5h 27m Only with Ultra
Neil Armstrong: Uncharted HorizonJamie Glick5h 33m$9.99
The Happiest Man on EarthEddie Jaku3h 48m4.6 (178K)$7 · $0.00
MotherlandJulia Ioffe17h 52m4.7 (2.5K)$40 · $0.00
Evidence Not SeenDarlene Deibler Rose11h 11m4.6 (11.9K)$29 · $0.00
Where Cowards Go to DieBenjamin Sledge8h 42m4.7 (351)$20 · $0.00
Will You Love Me?Cathy Glass9h 5m4.6 (9.3K)$29 · $0.00
Designing Terry Pratchett’s DiscworldPaul Kidby3h 52m4.7 (343)$20 · $0.00
HostageEli Sharabi5h 25m4.6 (10.8K)$24 · $0.00
Finding MeViola Davis9h 15m4.6 (256.4K)$29 · $0.00
The Dangerous Truth about Today’s MarijuanaLaura Stack CSP, MBA9h 57m4.7 (385)$20 · $0.00
Birdie & HarlowTaylor Wolfe7h 50m4.6 (6.5K)$26 · $0.00
The Lives of BrianBrian Johnson9h 45m4.6 (3.5K)$29 · $0.00
I Am The StormJanice Dean9h4.6 (1.5K)$8 · $0.00
Black History CollectionFrederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois27h 9m4.6 (2.6K)$18 · $0.00
Just as I AmCicely Tyson16h 8m4.6 (99K)$33 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m4.6 (2.6K)$8 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m4.6 (16.7K)$26 · $0.00
My Bondage and My Freedom (Annotated)Frederick Douglass15h 30m4.6 (2.4K)$2 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m4.6 (16.1K)$29 · $0.00
CrossroadsKaleb Dahlgren7h 56m4.6 (4.9K)$26 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m4.6 (927)$29 · $0.00
You may also like
A Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary Wollstonecraft9h 41m4.1 (37.7K)$4 · $0.00
The Garden PartyKatherine Mansfield41m4.0 (11.2K)$2 · $0.00
Parenthood by ProxyDr. Laura Schlessinger2h 22m4.1 (386)$16 · $0.00
Symptoms of Being HumanJeff Garvin7h 48m4.2 (25.9K)$26 · $0.00
Cinderella Ate My DaughterPeggy Orenstein6h 13m3.8 (19.2K)$24 · $0.00
In the Fifth at Malory TowersEnid Blyton4h 57m4.2 (15.7K)$2 · $0.00
Ramona the PestBeverly Cleary2h 35m4.3 (74.1K)$18 · $0.00
ChutzpahInbal Arieli6h 43m4.1 (352)$24 · $0.00
My Body! What I Say Goes! (2nd Edition)Jayneen Sanders19m4.5 (3.6K)$3
Being FrankDonna Earnhardt9m4.2 (827)$5 · $0.00
ChildhoodLeo Tolstoy4h 8m3.9 (2.9K)$4.70 · $0.00
Why Gender MattersLeonard Sax MD, PhD10h 28m4.1 (4.4K)$20
What About Men?Caitlin Moran8h 20m3.9 (5.5K)$26 · $0.00
The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Getting AheadCharles Murray3h 10m3.9 (2.4K)$14
The Four FeathersA.E.W. Mason11h 40m4.0 (8.6K)$1.20 · $0.00
Adolescent PsychologyStephen B. Gadzama (phd)1h 51m$12 · $0.00
A Whiff of Wilde, a Pinch of Poe, and a Frisson of FrostElliot Engel PhD, Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Frost6h 46m4.0 (239)$17
Born In Exile (Annotated)George Gissing18h 16m3.9 (522)$1.20 · $0.00
Parenting Secrets Your Mom Never Taught YouKirk Martin, Pat Pearson, Brad Worthley, Colette Carlson, Dr. Larry Iverson, Jennifer Sedlock, Zig Ziglar, Laura Stack CSP, MBA, Omar Periu, Sharon Ballantine, Rob Lane, Cara Lane, various authors13h 19m3.5 (69)$55
Psychoanalysis & EducationDarlan De Almeida Lima9h 16m$7 · $0.00