England Your England

<p class=ql-align-justify>George Orwell set out 'to make political writing into an art' and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature - his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While <em>1984 </em>and <em>Animal Farm</em> are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language this new series of Orwell's essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Fearing that England was about to be wiped from the face of the earth by the Nazi bombers flying overhead Orwell put pen to paper and set out to make a record of English culture. <em>England Your England</em> the sixth in the <em>Orwell's Essays</em> series is this record and is an important tableau of the nation's history and demonstrates a resolute refusal to bow to the threatening forces of Fascism.</p><p><br></p><p>'It just keeps being horribly relevant.' - David Olusoga <em>The Guardian</em></p><p><br></p><p>'A writer who can - and must - be rediscovered with every age.' - <em>Irish Times</em></p>