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For the twenty-month period of this volume, there are reproduced 123 book, 38 theatre, and 43 film reviews. INSIDE THE WHALE, Orwell's first collection of essays, and THE LION AND THE UNICORN: SOCIALISM AND THE ENGLISH GENIUS are reprinted here. Later in that year he gave a series of broadcasts on literary criticism, the texts of which are reproduced. Throughout this period Orwell kept a wartime diary; its entries are here printed chronologically with his reviews, essays, and letters and it is here that Orwell makes the first reference to his wish to live on a Hebridean island. It was in 1941 that Orwell began his series of 'London Letters' for PARTISAN REVIEW. The volume also includes Orwell's lecture notes for instructing members of his Home Guard platoon.
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Descrizione del libro:
Volume 12 from THE COMPLETE WORKS OF GEORGE ORWELL, available separately for the first time.
L'autore:
George Orwell (1903-1950) served with the Imperial Police in Burma, fought with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, and was a member of the Home Guard and a writer for the BBC during World War II. He is the author of some of the most celebrated works of non-fiction and fiction in the English language.
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- EditoreSecker
- Data di pubblicazione1999
- ISBN 10 0436203626
- ISBN 13 9780436203626
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine608
- Valutazione libreria
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