These are a series of singular thrilling reading experiences, a celebration of Orwell's engagement with the literary world. A minor pamphlet on Shakespeare by Tolstoy provokes a stirring evocation of humanism and the excessive vitality of life. A trenchant investigation of Charles Dickens unfolds into a poignant portrait of nineteenth-century liberalism.
The novels of Henry Miller lead Orwell inside the belly of Jonah's whale, an imagined refuge at a time of total war. Witty, incisive, and unexpectedly charming, the essays in this collection bring together his finest observations on writers and writing. Produktbeschreibung From one of Britain's most acclaimed essayists, a stunning new collection on writers and writing A brilliant literary critic, George Orwell approached works of literature on his own unique terms.
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