England Your England Notes on a Nation (Pushkin Collection)

This new collection brings together four of Orwell's short sketches of English life with his masterful analysis of a crumbling English society. They range from an expedition down a coal mine to a chastening experience of colonial rule in Burma and from a witty study of murder reportage in the British tabloids to a grim account of life inside a workhouse. Culminating with Orwell's masterpiece on English socialism 'The Lion and the Unicorn' the essays in this collection are a testament to the fascinating peculiarities of English culture. Together they say as much about what England could aspire to be as the state that it has found itself in. Review [Has] the elegance one expects from Pushkin and [is] of a size you can slip into your pocket -- Allan Massie ―ScotsmanA striking and highly portable pocket paperback format. -- Nicola Rossi ―Orwell Society (online review) About the Author George Orwell born Eric Arthur Blair was a novelist essayist journalist and critic. He served as an Imperial Police Officer in Myanmar (formerly Burma) lived in near-destitution in Paris and fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War. His powerful explorations in both novels and essays of totalitarianism and fascism firmly established the adjective 'Orwellian' in the English language.