Hello, I plan to start reading this tomorrow. I've read 1984 and Animal Farm and I love both books. So, has anyone read 'Essays'? Is it worth reading? Would a fan (who has only read 1984 and Animal Farm) of Orwell like it?
Hello, I plan to start reading this tomorrow. I've read 1984 and Animal Farm and I love both books. So, has anyone read 'Essays'? Is it worth reading? Would a fan (who has only read 1984 and Animal Farm) of Orwell like it?
Last edited by Nico87; 09-30-2007 at 09:41 PM.
I own a copy and think it's well worth reading.
I think it would probably appeal more to someone who enjoys his social / journalistic works such as 'The Road to Wigan Pier' and 'Down and Out in Paris and London' rather than his fiction. It's a mixed bag from comments on the Second World War to book reviews. However, Orwell's prose is brilliant and always worth reading.
"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Anais Nin.
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