Books v. Cigarettes

Informationen zum Autor Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell , was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia . Klappentext Beginning with a dilemma about whether he spends more money on reading or smoking, George Orwell's entertaining and uncompromising essays go on to explore everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from freedom of the press to what patriotism really means. Zusammenfassung Beginning with a dilemma about whether he spends more money on reading or smoking, George Orwell's entertaining and uncompromising essays go on to explore everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from freedom of the press to what patriotism really means.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: George Orwell
• Verlag: Penguin Books Uk
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.08.2008
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur
• EAN: 9780141036618
• ISBN: 978-0-14-103661-8
• Anzahl Seiten: 144
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 11.1 x 18.1 x 0.8 cm
• Serie: Great Ideas > Vol.57; Penguin Press Great Ideas; Penguin Great Ideas; Penguin Press Great Ideas; Great Ideas > 57
• Themen: Malcolm X, Essays, 1984, william morris, Oscar Wilde, Ernest Hemingway, Things to do, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Anne Tyler, Jorge Luis Borges, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, Henry James, John Ruskin, Catch 22, Animal Farm, Anais Nin, Nineteen Eighty Four, charles dickens free kindle books, book lovers, for whom the bell tolls, christopher hitchens, David Olusoga, further to fall, the lion and the unicorn, Purple Hibiscus, down and out in paris and london, things fall apart chinua achebe, The Road to Wigan Pier, coming up for air, homage to catalonia, burmese days, kolymsky heights, bradshaws railway guide