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Essays
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Essays

by George Orwell

Recommended by 4 notable people, including Gretchen Rubin and Anthony Bourdain

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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Politics, and Philosophy.

A generous and varied selection–the only hardcover edition available–of the literary and political writings of one of the greatest essayists of the twentieth century.Although best known as the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eightyfour, George Orwell left an even more lastingly significant achievement in his voluminous essays, which dealt with ...

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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Politics, and Philosophy.

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Ramachandra Guha

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Gretchen Rubin

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Guy Spier

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