Book description
In these timeless and witty essays George Orwell explores the English
love of reading about a good murder in the papers (and laments the
passing of the heyday of the 'perfect' murder involving class, sex and
poisoning), as well as unfolding his trenchant views on everything
from boys' weeklies to naughty seaside postcards.
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have
transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have
inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened,
outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and
destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great
thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook
civilization and helped make us who we are.
Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell) was born in 1903 in India and was
schooled at Eton. From 1922 to 1927 he served with the Indian Imperial
Police in Burma, which provided inspriation for his first novel,
Burmese Days
. He went on to become a journalist, working for the BBC,
Tribune
, the
Observer
and the
Manchester Evening News
. He is best known for his two novels
Animal Farm
(1945) and
Nineteen Eighty-Four
(1949), which brought him world-wide fame. He died in 1950.
