The Orwell Reader: Fiction, Essays, and ReportageHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 1956 - 456 pàgines [1.] Prologue in Burma: Shooting an elephant -- A hanging -- From Burmese days -- [2.] The thirties: From Down and out in Paris and London -- How the poor die -- From A clergyman's daughter -- From Keep the aspidistra flying -- From The road to Wigan Pier -- From Homage to Catalonia -- From Coming up for air -- [3.] World War II and after: From The lion and the unicorn : socialism and the English genius -- England your England -- Rudyard Kipling -- Politics vs. literature : an examination of "Gulliver's travels"--Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool -- In defense of P.G. Wodehouse -- Reflections on Gandhi -- Second thoughts on James Burnham -- Politics and the English language -- The prevention of literature -- "I write as I please": Decline of the English murder ; Some thoughts on the common toad ; A good word for the vicar of Bray -- Why I write -- From Nineteen eighty-four -- "Such, such were the joys ..." |
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Shooting an Elephant 394 | 3 |
A Hanging | 9 |
From Down and Out in Paris and London | 49 |
How the Poor Die | 86 |
From A Clergymans Daughter | 95 |
From Keep the Aspidistra Flying | 118 |
From The Road to Wigan Pier | 148 |
From Homage to Catalonia | 165 |
an Examination of Gullivers Travels | 283 |
Lear Tolstoy and the Fool | 300 |
In Defense of P G Wodehouse | 315 |
Reflections on Gandhi | 328 |
Politics and the English Language | 355 |
I Write as I Please | 379 |
From Nineteen EightyFour | 396 |
Such Such Were the Joys | 419 |
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