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Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays - Paperback, by Orwell George - New h
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- Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays
- ISBN
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- Publication Year
- 2009
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- Language
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- Publication Name
- Facing Unpleasant Facts
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Whether detailing the horrors of Orwell's boyhood in an English boarding school or bringing to life the sights, sounds, and smells of the Spanish Civil War, these narrative essays weave together the personal and the political in an unmistakable style that is at once plainspoken and brilliantly complex.
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HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156033135
ISBN-13
9780156033138
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Publication Name
Facing Unpleasant Facts
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
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Not Available
Number of Pages
336 Pages
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Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
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Pr6029.R8f33 2009
Table of Content
contents Foreword by George Packer * vii Introduction by George Packer * xv The Spike * 1 Clink * 11 A Hanging * 23 Shooting an Elephant * 29 Bookshop Memories * 38 Marrakech * 44 My Country Right or Left * 52 War-time Diary * 59 England Your England * 109 Dear Doktor Goebbels--Your British Friends Are Feeding Fine! * 139 Looking Back on the Spanish War * 143 As I Please, 1 * 167 As I Please, 2 * 172 As I Please, 3 * 175 As I Please, 16 * 180 Revenge Is Sour * 184 The Case for the Open Fire * 189 The Sporting Spirit * 193 In Defence of English Cooking * 198 A Nice Cup of Tea * 201 The Moon Under Water * 205 In Front of Your Nose * 209 Some Thoughts on the Common Toad * 214 A Good Word for the Vicar of Bray * 219 Why I Write * 224 How the Poor Die * 232 Such, Such Were the Joys * 245 Notes * 296
Copyright Date
2008
Topic
Europe / Spain & Portugal, General, Essays, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
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2009-464993
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Trade
Genre
Literary Criticism, Référence, History, Literary Collections
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