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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... believe in . The debunking of Western civilization had reached its climax and disillusionment was immensely widespread . Who now could take it for granted to go through life in the ordinary middle - class way , as a soldier , a ...
... believe in . The debunking of Western civilization had reached its climax and disillusionment was immensely widespread . Who now could take it for granted to go through life in the ordinary middle - class way , as a soldier , a ...
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... believe that he abjured the principle of coercion , or at least the desire to coerce others . There are families in which the father will say to his child , ' You'll get a thick ear if you do that again ' , while the mother , her eyes ...
... believe that he abjured the principle of coercion , or at least the desire to coerce others . There are families in which the father will say to his child , ' You'll get a thick ear if you do that again ' , while the mother , her eyes ...
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... believe , than has been noticed – with Tolstoy , another dis- believer in the possibility of happiness . In both men you have the same anarchistic outlook covering an authori- tarian cast of mind ; in both a similar hostility to Science ...
... believe , than has been noticed – with Tolstoy , another dis- believer in the possibility of happiness . In both men you have the same anarchistic outlook covering an authori- tarian cast of mind ; in both a similar hostility to Science ...
Contents
Bibliographical Note | 7 |
Down the Mine | 51 |
England Your England | 63 |
Copyright | |
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