Inside the Whale and Other EssaysIn Politics and the English Language, Orwell puts the case for political writers to use plain English and illustrates his point in essays such as England your England and Inside the Whale, while essays on language and literature consider Gulliver's Travels, Tolstoy and King Lear. |
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Bibliographical Note | 7 |
Down the Mine | 51 |
England Your England | 63 |
Copyright | |
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