Orwell's England
Subtitle: the Road to Wigan Pier in the context of essays, reviews, letters and poems selected from the Complete works of George Orwell
By: edited by Peter Davison ; introduction by Ben Pimlott.
Contributors: Davison, Peter Hobley.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
Subjects: National characteristics, English.; England -- Social conditions -- 20th century.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Work titles: Selections.
Description: "Much of George Orwell's best writing, brought together in this magnificent new collection, is concerned with England, a country that he found both endearing and frustrating." "In the perceptive The English People, he lists the national characteristics as 'suspicion of foreigners, sentimentality about animals, hypocrisy, exaggerated class distinctions, and an obsession with sport'. The Road to Wigan Pier, his blistering account of poverty in the north of England, and his essays on class and the horrors of life at private school violently attack what he famously called 'the most class-ridden country under the sun'. Yet other writings here also ruminate on the merits of cricket, gardening, roast dinners, pubs, cups of tea and seaside postcards, showing Orwell's attitude to Englishness in all its lively complexity."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.