George Orwell

Eläköön tuonenkielo on George Orwellin nuoruusvuosien vähemmän tunnettu teos. Kirjassa Orwell kritisoi voimakkaasti aikansa porvarillisuutta ja maallista elämäntyyliä. Kirjassa päähenkilö Gordon Comstock kyllästyy mainosnikkarin kaupallisuutta palvovaan työhön ja päättää ryhtyä köyhäksi runoilijaksi. Hän julistaa …

George Orwell was first and foremost an essayist, producing throughout his life an extraordinary array of short nonfiction that reflected--and illuminated--the fraught times in which he lived. "As soon as he began to write something," comments George Packer in his foreword, "it was as natural for Orwell to propose, …

Fighting in Spain is a book by George Orwell.

'This selection is a ceaseless delight ... there is a treat on almost every page' Daily TelegraphGeorge Orwell wrote, in his words, from 'a desire to see things as they are'. This new collection of his journalism and other writings, including articles, essays, broadcasts, poems, book and film reviews from across his …