As a critic, George Orwell cast a wide net. Equally at home in discussing Charles Dickens & Charlie Chaplin, he moved back & forth across the borders between essay & journalism. These essays follow Orwell as he shows in piece after piece how intent analysis of a work or a body of work gives rise to aesthetic & philosophical commentary.
About the Author
Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. 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 Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.
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