Why I Write George Orwell Homage to Catalonia•Down and Out in Paris and London•Burmese Days•A Clergyman's Daughter•Keep the Aspidistra Flying•Coming Up for Air•The Road to Wigan Pier•a clergyman's daughter - hardcover•shooting an elephant and other essays - hardcover•1984 - hardcover•animal farm - hardcover•the road to wigan pier - hardcover•down and out in paris and london - hardcover•coming up for air - hardcover•keep the aspidistra flying - hardcover•burmese days - hardcover•homage to catalonia - hardcover•keep the aspidistra flying•a clergyman's daughter•1984•coming up for air•burmese days•down and out in paris and london•animal farm
In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for. He also discusses what he sees as the ‘four great motives for writing’ – ‘sheer egoism’, ‘aesthetic enthusiasm’, ‘historical impulse’ and ‘political purpose’ – and considers the importance of keeping these in balance. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell’s mind, and it grants the reader an entirely different vantage point from which to consider the rest of the great writer’s oeuvre.
In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for. He also discusses what he sees as the ‘four great motives for writing’ – ‘sheer egoism’, ‘aesthetic enthusiasm’, ‘historical impulse’ and ‘political purpose’ – and considers the importance of keeping these in balance. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell’s mind, and it grants the reader an entirely different vantage point from which to consider the rest of the great writer’s oeuvre.