{"product_id":"my-country-right-or-left-1940-1943-9781567921342","title":"My Country Right or Left: 1940-1943","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssays, journalism and essays by the brilliant, indispensable George Orwell from 1940 to 1943. 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 George Orwell served with anti-Stalinist communist forces during the Spanish Civil War--until he was forced to flee Spain and return to London. Back in England, he was more convinced than ever of his pro-democratic Socialist beliefs and produced essays such as \"My Country Right or Left\" and \"The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume covers a formational period in Orwell's life--and a crucial period for the world's response to totalitarianism and his own deepening commitment to socialism. Late in 1942, Orwell began regularly for the left-wing weekly \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e and, early the next year began work on a new book called \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis second 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":50650036306194,"sku":"9781567921342","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_73a11bae-7ad2-4cfb-a01d-9e9b5c7191a1.jpg?v=1733280983","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-country-right-or-left-1940-1943-9781567921342","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}