{"product_id":"in-front-of-your-nose-1946-1950-9781567921366","title":"In Front of Your Nose: 1946-1950","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssays, journalism and essays by the brilliant, indispensable George Orwell from 1945 to 1950. Even many decades after his death, the more we read of Orwell, the more clearly we can think about our world and ourselves.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the years following the end of the Second World War, Orwell published many of his greatest essays: \"You and the Atomic Bomb\", \"Politics and the English Language,\" \"The Prevention of Literature,\" and \"Why I Write.\" All these, and more, are included here--along with correspondence and other pieces that provide fascinating insight into his dystopian novel, \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e. Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime, newspeak, memory hole--all invented by Orwell to describe the workings of a totalitarian state. Orwell wrote his greatest novel while suffering from tuberculous and he died the year after its publication in 1950. This is collection of writing, however, creates the astonishing record of an imperishable mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis fourth volume of the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollected Essays, Journalism, and Letters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e by George Orwell will be enjoyed by anyone who believes that words can go a long way toward changing the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrwell, Sonia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSonia Brownell Orwell\u003c\/b\u003e, as a young woman, was responsible for transcribing and editing the copy text for the first edition of the Winchester Malory as assistant to the eminent medievalist at Manchester University, Eugene Vinaver. Brownell first met Orwell when she worked as the assistant to Cyril Connolly, a friend of his from Eton College, at the literary magazine \u003ci\u003eHorizon\u003c\/i\u003e. The two were married in October 1949, only three months before Orwell's death from tuberculosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngus, Ian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Angus\u003c\/b\u003e, a widely recognized Orwell scholar for decades, helped establish the Orwell Archive at University College, London and, in 1968, worked with Sonia Orwell in editing Orwell's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollected Journalism, Essays and Letters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e published by Secker \u0026amp; Warburg in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrwell, George:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Orwell\u003c\/b\u003e is widely considered one of the greatest writers of the past century. Although his novels \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e are now the most widely-read of his works, Orwell was primarily a nonfiction writer. The occasionally radical political content in his essays, memoirs, and journalistic works brought him some censure during his life, but they now make up one of the most celebrated bodies of work in the English language.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David R. Godine Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492901097746,"sku":"9781567921366","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_838b67f1-fcdd-4f41-8fd8-3af21172cb9f.jpg?v=1730613817","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-front-of-your-nose-1946-1950-9781567921366","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}