Orwell The Life |
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| Author:
| Taylor, D. J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8050-7693-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2004 |
| Publisher: | Henry Holt & Company
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| Imprint: | Owl Books |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.00 |
Book Description:
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In the last fifty years, Animal Farm and 1984 have sold more than forty million copies, and "Orwellian" is now a byword for a particular way of thinking about life, literature, and language. D. J. Taylor's magisterial assessment cuts through George Orwell's iconic status to reveal a bitter critic who concealed a profound totalitarian streak and whose progress through the literary world of the 1930s and 1940s was characterized by the myths he built around himself.
In the last fifty years, Animal Farm and 1984 have sold more than forty million copies, and "Orwellian" is now a byword for a particular way of thinking about life, literature, and language. D. J. Taylor's magisterial assessment cuts through George Orwell's iconic status to reveal a bitter critic who concealed a profound totalitarian streak and whose progress through the literary world of the 1930s and 1940s was characterized by the myths he built around himself.