Beloved classics from legendary author, George Orwell. Essays included:

THE SPIKE
A HANGING (1931)
BOOKSHOP MEMORIES (1936)
SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT (1936)
DOWN THE MINE (1937) (FROM "THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER")
NORTH AND SOUTH (FROM "THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER") (1937)
SPILLING THE SPANISH BEANS (1937)
MARRAKECH (1939)
BOYS' WEEKLIES AND FRANK RICHARDS'S REPLY (1940)
CHARLES DICKENS (1940)
CHARLES READE (1940)
INSIDE THE WHALE (1940)
THE ART OF DONALD MCGILL (1941)
THE LION AND THE UNICORN: SOCIALISM AND THE ENGLISH GENIUS (1941)
WELLS, HITLER AND THE WORLD STATE (1941)
LOOKING BACK ON THE SPANISH WAR (1942)
RUDYARD KIPLING (1942)
MARK TWAIN—THE LICENSED JESTER (1943)
POETRY AND THE MICROPHONE (1943)
W B YEATS (1943)
ARTHUR KOESTLER (1944)
BENEFIT OF CLERGY: SOME NOTES ON SALVADOR DALI (1944)
RAFFLES AND MISS BLANDISH (1944)
ANTISEMITISM IN BRITAIN (1945)
FREEDOM OF THE PARK (1945)
FUTURE OF A RUINED GERMANY (1945)
GOOD BAD BOOKS
IN DEFENCE OF P. G. WODEHOUSE (1945)
NONSENSE POETRY
NOTES ON NATIONALISM (1945)
REVENGE IS SOUR (1945)
THE SPORTING SPIRIT
YOU AND THE ATOMIC BOMB (1945)
A GOOD WORD FOR THE VICAR OF BRAY
A NICE CUP OF TEA (1946)
BOOKS VS. CIGARETTES
CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK REVIEWER
DECLINE OF THE ENGLISH MURDER
HOW THE POOR DIE
JAMES BURNHAM AND THE MANAGERIAL REVOLUTION
PLEASURE SPOTS
POLITICS AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
POLITICS VS. LITERATURE: AN EXAMINATION OF GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
RIDING DOWN FROM BANGOR
SOME THOUGHTS ON THE COMMON TOAD
THE PREVENTION OF LITERATURE
WHY I WRITE (1946)
LEAR, TOLSTOY AND THE FOOL
SUCH, SUCH WERE THE JOYS (1947)
WRITERS AND LEVIATHAN (1948)
REFLECTIONS ON GANDHI