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Essays eBook Series

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  • Essays

    by George Orwell, August Nemo ...
    Series Book 9 - Essays
    Welcome to the Essays collection. A special selection of the nonfiction prose from influential and noteworthy authors. This book brings some of best essays of George Orwell, across a wide range of subjects, including literature, politics, travel and many more topics.George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Essays

    by George Orwell ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    George Orwell's Essays illuminate the life and work of one of the greatest writers of this century - a man who elevated political writing to an artThis outstanding collection brings together Orwell's longer, major essays and a fine selection of shorter pieces that includes 'My Country Right or Left', 'Decline of the English Murder', 'Shooting an Elephant' and 'A Hanging'. With great originality ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • A Study of George Orwell

    The Man and His Works

    by Christopher Hollis ...
    Author Christopher Hollis knew George Orwell personally during his schooldays at Eton, afterwards in Burma, and at the end of his life. His study of Orwell’s books is therefore illuminated by some anecdotes of reminiscence. However, it is important to note that this book is primarily a study rather than a biography. Hollis examines Orwell’s books in order and traces through them the development of ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Why Orwell Matters

    by Christopher Hitchens ...
    “Hitchens presents a George Orwell fit for the twenty-first century.”—The Boston GlobeIn this widely acclaimed biographical essay, the masterful polemicist Christopher Hitchens assesses the life, the achievements, and the myth of the great political writer and participant George Orwell. True to his contrarian style, Hitchens is both admiring and aggressive, sympathetic yet critical, taking true ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Notes on Nationalism

    by George Orwell ...
    Series series Penguin Modern
    'The general uncertainty as to what is really happening makes it easier to cling to lunatic beliefs'Biting and timeless reflections on patriotism, prejudice and power, from the man who wrote about his nation better than anyone.Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Account Rendered: A Dossier on my Former Self

    by Melita Maschmann ...
    Account Rendered: A Dossier on my Former Self by Melita Maschmann (translated from the German by Geoffrey Strachan, with a new introduction and an afterword by Marianne Schweitzer Burkenroad with Helen Epstein; 98,000 words, 10 photographs)Account Rendered was first published in Germany in 1963 as Fazit: Kein Rechtfertigungsversuch or Account Rendered: No attempt at justification. Maschmann wrote ... Read more

    $18.31 CAD

  • A Collection Of Essays

    by George Orwell ...
    A clear-eyed, uncompromising collection of essays from the "conscience of his generation" and the author of 1984 (V. S. Pritchett). One of the most thought-provoking and vivid essayists of the twentieth century, George Orwell fought the injustices of his time with singular vigor through pen and paper. In this selection of essays, he ranges from reflections on his boyhood schooling and the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • All Art Is Propaganda

    Critical Essays

    by George Orwell, Keith Gessen ...
    The essential collection of critical essays from a twentieth-century master and author of 1984.As a critic, George Orwell cast a wide net. Equally at home discussing Charles Dickens and Charlie Chaplin, he moved back and forth across the porous borders between essay and journalism, high art and low.A frequent commentator on literature, language, film, and drama throughout his career, Orwell turned ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Shape of Things to Come

    by H. G. Wells ...
    When Dr Philip Raven, an intellectual working for the League of Nations, dies in 1930 he leaves behind a powerful legacy - an unpublished 'dream book'. Inspired by visions he has experienced for many years, it appears to be a book written far into the future: a history of humanity from the date of his death up to 2105. The Shape of Things to Come provides this 'history of the future', an account ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • England Your England

    by George Orwell ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    'England is a family in which the young are generally thwarted and most of the power is in the hands of irresponsible uncles and bedridden aunts. Still, it is a family.''England Your England' is one of the most compelling and insightful portraits of the nation ever written. Shot through with Orwell's deeply felt sense of patriotism and love for his homeland, the essay is at the same time ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Orwell on Truth

    by George Orwell ...
    A selection of George Orwell's prescient, clear-eyed and stimulating writing on the subjects of truth and lies. With an introduction by Alan Johnson.'Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows.'This selection of George Orwell’s writing, from both his novels and non-fiction, gathers together his thoughts on the subject of truth. It ranges from ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Orwell and Politics

    by George Orwell ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    Including Animal Farm'Orwell is the most influential political writer of the twentieth century' New York Review of BooksThroughout his life George Orwell aimed, in his words, to make 'political writing into an art'. This collection brings together the best of his matchless political essays and journalism with his timeless satire on totalitarianism, Animal Farm. It includes articles on subjects ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD