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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... simply invented her in order to make himself seem important . The whole book is in this vein , more or less . Why is it that these monstrous trivialities are so engrossing ? Simply because the whole atmosphere is deeply familiar ...
... simply invented her in order to make himself seem important . The whole book is in this vein , more or less . Why is it that these monstrous trivialities are so engrossing ? Simply because the whole atmosphere is deeply familiar ...
Page 108
... simply a tedious nuisance and an excuse for making bad jokes , and to the death of Cordelia , which , as he sees it , robs the play of its moral . According to Tolstoy , the earlier play , King Leir , which Shakespeare adapted ...
... simply a tedious nuisance and an excuse for making bad jokes , and to the death of Cordelia , which , as he sees it , robs the play of its moral . According to Tolstoy , the earlier play , King Leir , which Shakespeare adapted ...
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... simply an interest in the actual process of life . It is a mistake to write Tolstoy off as a moralist attacking an artist . He never said that art , as such , is wicked or meaningless , nor did he even say that technical virtuosity is ...
... simply an interest in the actual process of life . It is a mistake to write Tolstoy off as a moralist attacking an artist . He never said that art , as such , is wicked or meaningless , nor did he even say that technical virtuosity is ...
Contents
Bibliographical Note | 7 |
Down the Mine | 51 |
England Your England | 63 |
Copyright | |
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