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Decline of the English murder and other essays
Résumé :
Essays that confirm George Orwell's genius as a most vigorous and outspoken commentator on literature and politics, language and life.
This collection contains many of Owell's most famous essays, including his lament for the inferior quality of modern murders and his eye-witness account of a hanging in Burma. Here too are his outstanding pieces on Dickens and his shrews critical comments on Kipling; his remarks on that strange magician Salvador Dali a... >Voir plus