Smothered Under Journalism
1946
- Paperback
592 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2001
Summary
Volume 18 of The Complete Works of George Orwell
Journalism took a heavy toll on Orwell in the first months of 1946. Despite this unremitting pressure, he produced a major sequence of articles on ‘The Intellectual Revolt’. He wrote one of his finest short essays, ‘Some Thoughts on the Common Toad’. He reviewed Zamyatin’s We, wrote two radio plays for the BBC, The Voyage of the Beagle, and a version of ‘Red Riding Hood’ for Children’s Hour, and a pamphlet for the Brit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780436205569 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0436205564 |
| Author: | George Orwell |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2001 |
| Weight: | 708g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 43mm |
| Series: | The complete works of George Orwell |
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About The Author
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair - better known as George Orwell - was born on 25 June 1903 in Bengal. He was educated at Eton and then served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He lived in Paris for two years, and then returned to England where he worked as a private tutor, schoolteacher and bookshop assistant. He fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War and was wounded in the throat. During the Second World War he served as Talks Producer for the Indian Service of the BBC and then joined Tribune as its literary editor. He died in London in January 1950.
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