One of the most celebrated novelists in the English language George Orwell was also a prolific
essay writer and literary reviewer penning articles on such diverse subjects as the craft of
writing international politics and British cookery and on such varied authors as Charles
Dickens H.G. Wells George Bernard Shaw and P.G. Wodehouse. This volume collects all of
Orwell's major essays including ?Shooting an Elephant' ?Inside the Whale' ?Politics and the
English Language' ?Why I Write' and ?Politics vs Literature: An Examination of Gulliver's
Travels' as well as a generous selection of shorter pieces on a variety of literary and
political subjects. As a whole this collection will provide useful insights into Orwell as a
committed intellectual and serve as an indispensable companion to his fiction.
