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A review by mrbrownsays
Fifty Orwell Essays by George Orwell
4.0
It was not an easy read. But as a historical artefact it was interesting. From the doss houses to the anti totalitarian rhetoric, the essays about the Spanish civil war or his time in Burma it was the essays from Orwell's own experience I found most interesting. The literary criticism was a bit self serving, boring and actually not very good.
I noticed a few things:
- The Spanish civil war means a lot more to the left in Britain than it does to any other strata
- Orwell was both consistent and demonstrated personal growth in these essays
- He doesn't have many nice words to say about literary greats
- For someone so judgemental about figures from his near history he has a lot opinions that would be judged very poorly in 2020.
I noticed a few things:
- The Spanish civil war means a lot more to the left in Britain than it does to any other strata
- Orwell was both consistent and demonstrated personal growth in these essays
- He doesn't have many nice words to say about literary greats
- For someone so judgemental about figures from his near history he has a lot opinions that would be judged very poorly in 2020.