Orwell's England
the Road to Wigan Pier in the context of essays, reviews, letters and poems selected from the Complete works of George Orwell
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Contributions
- Davison, Peter Hobley. - Contributor
Publication
2001 - Penguin, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
108,000 words, Guess
Page Count
432 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100141185171
- ISBN-139780141185170
- Goodreads147491
- OCLC Control Number46332110
- Better World Books9780141185170
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL22459461M
Classifications
- DDC942.082
Description
"Much of George Orwell's best writing, brought together in this magnificent new collection, is concerned with England, a country that he found both endearing and frustrating." "In the perceptive The English People, he lists the national characteristics as 'suspicion of foreigners, sentimentality about animals, hypocrisy, exaggerated class distinctions, and an obsession with sport'. The Road to Wigan Pier, his blistering account of poverty in the north of England, and his essays on class and the horrors of life at private school violently attack what he famously called 'the most class-ridden country under the sun'. Yet other writings here also ruminate on the merits of cricket, gardening, roast dinners, pubs, cups of tea and seaside postcards, showing Orwell's attitude to Englishness in all its lively complexity."--Jacket.
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- Penguin classics
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