A Collection of Essays
George Orwell · 1946
The most influential political essayist in English. "Politics and the English Language," "Shooting an Elephant," "Why I Write." These essays set the standard for clarity, honesty, and political courage in nonfiction prose. Every journalist's handbook.
The case against
Orwell's plain-man directness is itself a performance, and it licenses sweeping verdicts delivered as common sense; half the fun is watching him be magnificently sure of things he got wrong. 'Politics and the English Language' breaks its own six rules within pages. And the topical essays anatomize comic postcards and boys' pulps long after anyone needs the briefing.
Essays · the Pro canon
The case for it and the rest of the canon open with Pro.
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