Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit

Orwell's Roses

Rebecca Solnit

320 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history nature informative reflective medium-paced

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Roses, pleasure and politics: a fresh take on Orwell as an avid gardener, whose political writing was grounded in his passion for the natural world.Inspired by her encounter with the surviving roses that Orwell is said to have planted in his cotta...

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informative 85%
reflective 84%
hopeful 44%
inspiring 35%
challenging 25%
emotional 8%
sad 6%
relaxing 5%
adventurous 4%
dark 1%
tense 1%

Pace

medium 58%
slow 32%
fast 8%

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