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by George Orwell & edited by Peter Davison

Editor Davison (English/De Montfort Univ.) supplies necessary contextual information and footnotes generously, but stays in... Full review >

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WHY ORWELL MATTERS

by Christopher Hitchens

Admirers of Hitchens should find no fault with this appreciation, which is of an interesting piece with pal Martin Amis’s... Full review >

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ALL ART IS PROPAGANDA

by George Orwell

More often appreciative and ruminative than critical—but that’s OK. Full review >

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FACING UNPLEASANT FACTS

by George Orwell

A generous display of the great English journalist’s distinctive honesty, clarity and reverence for the pertinent fact and... Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

GEORGE ORWELL

by Gordon Bowker

No matter how many incursions are made into his life, the compelling fascination of this politically and morally crucial... Full review >

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NONFICTION

ORWELL

by D.J. Taylor

Like many volumes on the groaning shelf of Orwelliana, this reads more like a conversation with fellow monomaniacs than... Full review >

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