Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, Vol. 4, 1945-1950

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.


Author: George Orwell
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
Published: 09/29/1971
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9780156186230

About the Author
Orwell, George: - GEORGE ORWELL (1903 1950)was born in India and served with the Imperial Police in Burma before joining the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell was the author of six novelsas well as numerous essays and nonfiction works.Orwell, George: -

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.