The Orwell reader : fiction, essays, and reportage
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New York : Harcourt, Brace, [1956].
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0156701766, 9780156701761, 0156704501, 9780156704502
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Published
New York : Harcourt, Brace, [1956].
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Book
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xxi, 456 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
ISBN
0156701766, 9780156701761, 0156704501, 9780156704502

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[1.] Prologue in Burma: Shooting an elephant -- A hanging -- From Burmese days -- [2.] The thirties: From Down and out in Paris and London -- How the poor die -- From A clergyman's daughter -- From Keep the aspidistra flying -- From The road to Wigan Pier -- From Homage to Catalonia -- From Coming up for air -- [3.] World War II and after: From The lion and the unicorn : socialism and the English genius -- England your England -- Rudyard Kipling -- Politics vs. literature : an examination of "Gulliver's travels"--Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool -- In defense of P.G. Wodehouse -- Reflections on Gandhi -- Second thoughts on James Burnham -- Politics and the English language -- The prevention of literature -- "I write as I please": Decline of the English murder ; Some thoughts on the common toad ; A good word for the vicar of Bray -- Why I write -- From Nineteen eighty-four -- "Such, such were the joys ..."

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Orwell, G. (1956). The Orwell reader: fiction, essays, and reportage ([First edition].). Harcourt, Brace.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Orwell, George, 1903-1950. 1956. The Orwell Reader: Fiction, Essays, and Reportage. Harcourt, Brace.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Orwell, George, 1903-1950. The Orwell Reader: Fiction, Essays, and Reportage Harcourt, Brace, 1956.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Orwell, George. The Orwell Reader: Fiction, Essays, and Reportage [First edition]., Harcourt, Brace, 1956.

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