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As I Please, 1943-1945

As I Please, 1943-1945

The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell, Volume 3

by George Orwell
Edited by Sonia Orwell, Ian Angus

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Godine

Softcover
ISBN: 978-1-56792-135-9
Pages: 456
Size: 5.5" x 8.25"
Published: June 2021
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See our complete collection at $58.95 of the four-volume George Orwell Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters.

  Orwell was rejected for service during the Second World War and became literary editor of the left-wing weekly, Tribune. Included in this volume are reviews of works by authors as varied as C. S. Lewis and Arthur Koestler, the newspaper column, “As I Please,” the brilliant essay, “A Nice Cup of Tea,” letters to T. S. Eliot, among others, while trying to convince publishers to take a chance on a book called Animal Farm. __________________________
"These four volumes might be the perfect tonic for what ails our society." —Franklin Freeman, America Magazine
"While [Orwell] is best known for Animal Farm and 1984, most of his writing derived from his tireless work as a journalist, and thanks to David Godine’s welcome reissue of The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell, which has been out of print for a decade, readers can find it all in one place. All of the author’s insightful, hard-hitting essays and journalistic pieces are here…the most complete picture of the writer and man possible."
—Eric Liebetrau, Kirkus Reviews
George Orwell
George Orwell is widely considered one of the greatest writers of the past century. Although his novels Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm are now the most widely-read of his works, Blair was primarily a nonfiction writer. His essays, memoirs, and journalistic work make up one of the most celebrated bodies of work in the English language.
Sonia Orwell
Sonia Orwell, was the second and last wife of writer George Orwell. Together with David Astor and Richard Rees, George Orwell's literary executor, Brownell established the George Orwell Archive at University College London.
Author: Ian Angus
Ian Angus is the Head Librarian at King's College in London. He previously served as Deputy Librarian at University College, where he helped set up the Orwell Archive. He has been a recognized Orwell scholar for over three decades.