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Decline of the English Murder: George Orwell (Penguin Great Ideas)

Decline of the English Murder: George Orwell (Penguin Great Ideas)

by George Orwell (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

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Synopsis

In these timeless and witty essays George Orwell explores the English love of reading about a good murder in the papers (and laments the passing of the heyday of the 'perfect' murder involving class, sex and poisoning), as well as unfolding his trenchant views on everything from boys' weeklies to naughty seaside postcards.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 128
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 27 Aug 2009
ISBN 10: 0141191260
ISBN 13: 9780141191263

Author Bio
Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.