description: by George Orwell. This is one in the series of Penguin's Twentieth-Century Classics. The Collected Essays, Journalism and Volume 1 An Age Like This 1920-1940. Edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. ISBN 0-14-018711-1. This volume (one of four) is drawn from the years when George Orwell began to explore the life of the poor, and was struggling to establish himself as a novelist and factual reporter. Disillusioned with communism in Spain, rejected from service in World War II, he faced hostilities in a mood of frustration.
language: English
title: Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters, Vol. 1: An Age Like This, 1920-40
titlecomplete: Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters, Vol. 1: An Age Like This, 1920-40
characters: T.S. Eliot, George Orwell, John Flory, Cyril Connolly
genres: Classics, British Literature, History, Criticism, Literature, Journalism, Essays, Nonfiction, Memoir, Politics
ratings_count: 382
series: The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters
publisher: Penguin UK