Decline of the English Murder
And Other Essays
Orwell, George
Publisher: Penguin Books, United Kingdom
Year Published: 1981 First Published: 1950
Pages: 188pp ISBN: 0 14 00.2297 X
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX7380
A collection of essays by George Orwell.
Abstract: This is a collection of some of the less accessible essays by George Orwell and includes the titles "How the Poor Die," " Notes on Nationalism," and "Why I Write." Orwell's essays on Rudyard Kipling and Charles Dickens are also part of the book and other topics covered include eye-witness accounts of a hanging in Burma, the changing face of fictional crime and the peculiar genius of Salvador Dali.
Table of Contents
Bibliographical Note
Decline of the English Murder
A Hanging
Benefit of Clergy
How the Poor Die
Rudyard Kipling
Raffles and Miss Blandish
Charles Dickens
The Art of Donald McGill
Notes on Nationalism
Why I Write
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