Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays
Über das eBook
"Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays" is a collection of 23 essays by George Orwell.
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
Included in this collection:
- Why I Write
- The Spike
- A Hanging
- Shooting an Elephant
- Bookshop Memories
- Charles Dickens
- Boys' Weeklies
- My Country Right or Left
- Looking Back on the Spanish War
- In Defence of English Cooking
- Good Bad Books
- The Sporting Spirit
- Nonsense Poetry
- The Prevention of Literature
- Books v. Cigarettes
- Decline of the English Murder
- Some Thoughts on the Common Toad
- Confessions of a Book Reviewer
- Politics v. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver's Travels
- How the Poor Die
- Such, Such Were the Joys
- Reflections on Gandhi
- Politics and the English Language
Über den Autor
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism. As a writer, Orwell produced literary criticism and poetry, fiction and polemical journalism; and is best known for the allegorical novella "Animal Farm" (1945) and the dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949).
Produkt Details
Verlag: epubli
Genre: Sprache - Englisch
Sprache: English
Umfang: 396 Seiten
Größe: 538,8 KB
ISBN: 9783753145174
Veröffentlichung: 9. Januar 2021