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Author:

Orwell, George, 1903-1950.

Title:

The Orwell reader; fiction, essays, and reportage. With an introd. by Richard H. Rovere.

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Publisher:

HarcourtBrace

Copyright Date:

1956

Description:

456 p. 22 cm.

Contents:

[3.] "Such, such were the joys..." Shooting an elephant -- A hanging -- From Burmese days -- [2.] The thirties: From Down and out in Paris and London -- How the poor die -- From A clergyman's daughter -- From Keep the aspidistra flying -- From The road to Wigan Pier -- From Homage to Catalonia -- From Coming up for air -- [3.] World War II and after: From The lion and the unicorn: socialism and the English genius -England your England -- Rudyard Kipling -- Politics vs. literature: an examination of "Gulliver's travels" -- Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool -- In defense of P.G. Wodehouse -- Reflections on Gandhi -- Second thoughts on James Burnham -- Politics and the English language -- The prevention of literature -- "I write as I please": Decline of the English murder ; Some thoughts on the common toad ; A good word for the vicar of Bray -- Why I write -- From Nineteen eighty-four -- "Such, such were the joys..."

LCCN:

56009137

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PYAX423 -- ECC - Osgood Library (Iowa Falls)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

41SX706 -- West Liberty High School Library (West Liberty)