A review by swilliams
Decline Of The English Murder and Other Essays by George Orwell

3.5

note: my overall rating given is roughly based on the average ratings of the essays (below)

this is an odd collection of essays ? it contains political ones with literary analysis ones in the middle, which i didn’t enjoy as much. my favourite ones were ones that i had read before in the ‘why i write’ collection, so i’d recommend that over this collection if that’s what you’re more interested in.

decline of the english murder - 3/5

a hanging - 4/5

benefit of a clergy - 4/5

how the poor die - 3/5

rudyard kipling - 2/5

raffles and miss blandish - 3/5

charles dickens - 3.5/5

the art of donald mcgill - 3.5/5

notes on nationalism - 4.5/5

why i write - 5/5