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DIARIESby 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 MATTERSAdmirers 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 PROPAGANDAMore often appreciative and ruminative than critical—but that’s OK. Full review >
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FACING UNPLEASANT FACTSA generous display of the great English journalist’s distinctive honesty, clarity and reverence for the pertinent fact and... Full review >
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GEORGE ORWELLNo matter how many incursions are made into his life, the compelling fascination of this politically and morally crucial... Full review >
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NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOURCertain to create interest, comment, and consideration. Full review >
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ORWELLby 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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