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Such, Such Were the Joys and Other Essays

By George Orwell

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12 hrs and 23 mins
Release date
06-25-09
Language
English
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Viewed as too libelous to print in England until 1968, the title essay in this collection reveals the abuse Orwell experienced as a child at an expensive and snobbish boarding school and offers insights into his lifelong concern for the oppressed.

“Why I Write” describes Orwell’s sense of political purpose, and the classic essay “Politics and the English Language” insists on clarity and precision in communication in order to avoid the Newspeak later described in 1984.

Other essays focus on Gandhi (he “disinfected the political air”), Dickens (“no novelist has shown the same power of entering into the child’s point of view”), Kipling (“a jingo imperialist”), Henry Miller (who told Orwell that involvement in the Spanish war was an act of an idiot), and England “a family with the wrong members in control”).

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Length
12 hrs and 23 mins
Release date
06-25-09
Language
English
Category
Biographies & Memoirs Politics & Activism

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  1. 5.0(1)

    14 words.

    This now has me searching for more essay collections from my other favorite authors. Neat.

    Charity Campbell · December 15, 2018

  2. 4.0(1)

    Great writing and reader but poor recording

    What made the experience of listening to Such, Such Were the Joys and Other Essays the most enjoyable?

    Davidson gave fine voice to Orwell's solid writing

    Any additional comments?

    Many points in the recording sound poorly spliced together. Parts of the text are missing.

    Isabella Mcgowan · July 12, 2018

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