Ensayos (Essays)
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Summary
George Orwell es el mejor ensayista inglés del siglo xx y ésta es la mejor y más amplia antología de su obra。
Una amplia selección de ensayos donde se presenta por primera vez en español el abanico completo de los intereses y las pasiones del ensayista inglés más importante del siglo xx。
English Description
A generous and varied selection–the only hardcover edition available–of the literary and political writings of one of the greatest essayists of the twentieth century。
Although best known as the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-four， George Orwell left an even more lastingly significant achievement in his voluminous essays， which dealt with all the great social， political， and literary questions of the day and exemplified an incisive prose style that is still universally admired。 Included among the more than 240 essays in this volume are Orwell’s famous discussion of pacifism， “My Country Right or Left”; his scathingly complicated views on the dirty work of imperialism in “Shooting an Elephant”; and his very firm opinion on how to make “A Nice Cup of Tea。”
In his essays， Orwell elevated political writing to the level of art， and his motivating ideas–his desire for social justice， his belief in universal freedom and equality， and his concern for truth in language–are as enduringly relevant now， a hundred years after his birth， as ever。
Una amplia selección de ensayos donde se presenta por primera vez en español el abanico completo de los intereses y las pasiones del ensayista inglés más importante del siglo xx。
English Description
A generous and varied selection–the only hardcover edition available–of the literary and political writings of one of the greatest essayists of the twentieth century。
Although best known as the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-four， George Orwell left an even more lastingly significant achievement in his voluminous essays， which dealt with all the great social， political， and literary questions of the day and exemplified an incisive prose style that is still universally admired。 Included among the more than 240 essays in this volume are Orwell’s famous discussion of pacifism， “My Country Right or Left”; his scathingly complicated views on the dirty work of imperialism in “Shooting an Elephant”; and his very firm opinion on how to make “A Nice Cup of Tea。”
In his essays， Orwell elevated political writing to the level of art， and his motivating ideas–his desire for social justice， his belief in universal freedom and equality， and his concern for truth in language–are as enduringly relevant now， a hundred years after his birth， as ever。
Reviews
Peter
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Read about half of the essays for school。 This guy is awesome。
Cameron
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A mixture of exciting Essays by Orwell， I liked some of the political commentary and ideas on why certain ideologies rose to popularity and the drawbacks of doctrine in general， also some other fascinating stories on imperialism in India and what the best British desert is！
Özgür Göksu
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George Orwell yine olağanüstü bilgeliği ve ekstra yeteneği ile yazdığı denemelerinde bizlere yepyeni kapılar açıyor， adeta zaman makinası ile yaşadığı yılların içine alıyor。
Asako Mikami
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Underwhelmed。 It might be because I just didn’t enjoy the choice of selections。 The classics—“Politics and the English Language” and “Shooting an Elephant”—are timeless and deserve to be included。 I quite liked the pairing of “Such， Such Were the Joys” and “Charles Dickens。” But “Charles Dickens” is the only literary review piece of the three in this collection that I read because of my familiarity with the titular author's work。 I never have and probably never will read Henry Miller or Rudyard Underwhelmed。 It might be because I just didn’t enjoy the choice of selections。 The classics—“Politics and the English Language” and “Shooting an Elephant”—are timeless and deserve to be included。 I quite liked the pairing of “Such， Such Were the Joys” and “Charles Dickens。” But “Charles Dickens” is the only literary review piece of the three in this collection that I read because of my familiarity with the titular author's work。 I never have and probably never will read Henry Miller or Rudyard Kipling。 And then there were pieces like “The Art of Donald McGill” whose topics are too contemporaneous to be enjoyed by modern readers。 。。。more
Micah
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Like a time capsule， these essays， written 1930–1949， have a voice that is intimately aware of its own time。 One major topic is literary and art criticism， in which Orwell has many insightful things to say on Kipling， Dickens， Twain， Swift， Dalí， and others。 Other subjects treated in this vein are quite dated or may seem even trivial， but it's interesting as all part of this time capsule that is so deeply rooted in its era。Another major topic is encapsulated by the title of a collection of essay Like a time capsule， these essays， written 1930–1949， have a voice that is intimately aware of its own time。 One major topic is literary and art criticism， in which Orwell has many insightful things to say on Kipling， Dickens， Twain， Swift， Dalí， and others。 Other subjects treated in this vein are quite dated or may seem even trivial， but it's interesting as all part of this time capsule that is so deeply rooted in its era。Another major topic is encapsulated by the title of a collection of essays in this mold: "Facing Unpleasant Facts。" As though taking it upon himself to bear witness firsthand to all manner of 19th-century awfulness that had endured into the early 20th century， there are painstaking descriptions of a day in a coal mine， vagrant "work" houses， the ugly day-to-day of British imperialism in the East， and the brutality of boarding-school life， among others。Orwell's most enduring subject is a broad one encompassing more witness-bearing and commentaries on the '30s and '40s horrors of totalitarianism， war， and atrocities and political commentary suffused with a keen literary awareness （to get the flavor， the title of another collection of essays: "All Art Is Propaganda"）。 One significant way in which I felt the impact of these essays is that they made me glad I hadn't lived in the first half of the 20th century。 The sheer turmoil of this period is difficult to imagine now。 It must have seemed like Western civilization surely could not survive a tumult like the Second World War。 Orwell really gives you a sense of living through it with both eyes open。 When he felt in the mood to prognosticate， he made sweeping disjunctive predictions that turned out to be false （not that *everyone*'s future predictions *aren't* always and forever false）， but interesting as a contemporary testament。But what's really interesting to see in these essays how many times the main ideas of "1984" are presaged。 Orwell distilled the essence of totalitarianism in a way that put him in a position to paint a quite vivid picture of what it looks like to take its central tenets to their logical conclusion。 For this was the whole basis for "1984。" Fully-fledged ideas that can be found in "Inside the Whale，" "Looking Back on the Spanish War，" "You and the Atomic Bomb，" "James Burnham and the Managerial Revolution，" "The Prevention of Literature，" and "Politics and the English Language" include doublethink， the stamping out of the individual （"a boot stamping on human face， forever"）， nations melted into three superstates （Oceania， Eurasia， Eastasia）， and wholesale revision of history （"Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia"）。 It's unclear whether Orwell intended "1984" as a prediction per se （which， contrary to a surprisingly common perception， has obviously turned out false in every detail）， but when he writes of the real possibility of world war ending civilization as we know it， he seems to have had the world of "1984" in mind as a consequence of this scenario。 。。。more
Vanessa
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Three stars overall but a bunch I’d give 5 to if I could do individual reviews。 Oh well！
Sophie
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Essays/articles that I found particularly interesting; The Lion and the Unicorn， Looking Back on the Spanish War， Notes on Nationalism， Some Thoughts on the Common Toad， A Good Word for the Vicar of Bray， Writers and Leviathan
Kelsey Hlavaty （readingwithkelsey）
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As much as I love Georgey， me thinks I will stick with the science fiction stuff。
Desmond Brown
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What do they know of Orwell who only Animal Farm and 1984 know？ As great as those books are， the essays and short non-fiction books are where he really shines。 Most of these essays I was re-reading， although a couple were new to me。 He is illuminating on the strengths of Kipling and Dickens， authors going out of fashion even as he wrote of them in the 1940's。 His reminiscences of boarding school childhood in "Such， Such were the Joys" are savage， and he basically invents literary analysis of pop What do they know of Orwell who only Animal Farm and 1984 know？ As great as those books are， the essays and short non-fiction books are where he really shines。 Most of these essays I was re-reading， although a couple were new to me。 He is illuminating on the strengths of Kipling and Dickens， authors going out of fashion even as he wrote of them in the 1940's。 His reminiscences of boarding school childhood in "Such， Such were the Joys" are savage， and he basically invents literary analysis of popular culture in "The Art of Donald McGill" and "Boy's Weeklies。" A wealth of riches。 。。。more
Suleuzundereblog
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Sel Yayınları， George Orwell’ın denemelerini birçok kitapta toplayıp basmış。 Edebiyat Üzerine de yazarın zamanında gazetelerde ve dergilerde yayınlanan yazılarından oluşuyor。 Deneme benim en sevdiğim türlerden biridir。 George Orwell ise en sevdiğim yazarlardan biri ama maalesef yazarın ülkemizde çıkan deneme türündeki kitaplarını bir türlü çok sevemedim。 Bence bunun nedeni kitaplarda toplanan denemelerin çok farklı konuları içermesi。 Yazarın anılarından oluşsa ya da edebiyat alanındaki fikirleri Sel Yayınları， George Orwell’ın denemelerini birçok kitapta toplayıp basmış。 Edebiyat Üzerine de yazarın zamanında gazetelerde ve dergilerde yayınlanan yazılarından oluşuyor。 Deneme benim en sevdiğim türlerden biridir。 George Orwell ise en sevdiğim yazarlardan biri ama maalesef yazarın ülkemizde çıkan deneme türündeki kitaplarını bir türlü çok sevemedim。 Bence bunun nedeni kitaplarda toplanan denemelerin çok farklı konuları içermesi。 Yazarın anılarından oluşsa ya da edebiyat alanındaki fikirlerini içeren yazıları olsa bayılarak okuyacağıma eminim ama siyasetle ilgili fikirleri de var kitaplarında。 Siyasetle hiç alakası olmayan biri olarak bu yazılarda maalesef sıkılıyorum。 Konuyla ilgili olanlar beğeniyle okuyabilirler belki。Yine de kitapta hoşuma giden yazılar oldu tabii。 Ancak yazarla tanışmak isteyenler mutlaka önce romanlarından başlamalı。https://suleuzundere。blogspot。com/202。。。 。。。more
Daria Radesic
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U pedesetoj， svatko ima lice koje zaslužuje。
Joshua
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In this compendium you can see the origins of not only several of Orwell's stories， but also the various philosophical undertows （or in some cases， overtows） that are contained within those stories。 This is a book which lends itself to the reader coming back to read choice essays or selections。 Large portions of the book fall under literary analysis， so be forewarned。 It's sort of like a £1 mix you'd get from a corner store。 In this compendium you can see the origins of not only several of Orwell's stories， but also the various philosophical undertows （or in some cases， overtows） that are contained within those stories。 This is a book which lends itself to the reader coming back to read choice essays or selections。 Large portions of the book fall under literary analysis， so be forewarned。 It's sort of like a £1 mix you'd get from a corner store。 。。。more
Nicole McTye
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The only problem with this book is that it ends in 1949。 I’d love to know what George Orwell would have thought of the world we live in now。
Aulia
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Berisi kumpulan esai George Orwell yang ia tulis berdasarkan pengalaman dan perspektifnya terkait berbagai peristiwa yang telah ia lalui。 Beberapa esai menggambarkan pengalaman masa kecil， saat ia menjadi penulis， hingga saat ia bekerja sebagai Polisi Imperial Inggris di Burma， pekerjaan yang ia benci。 Tak ketinggalan， pendapat nya yang dituangkan dalam setiap esai adalah pendapat politik。 Bagi yang pernah baca buku Animal Farm， pasti tahu bahwa meskipun buku itu fiksi， isi nya tidak lepas dari Berisi kumpulan esai George Orwell yang ia tulis berdasarkan pengalaman dan perspektifnya terkait berbagai peristiwa yang telah ia lalui。 Beberapa esai menggambarkan pengalaman masa kecil， saat ia menjadi penulis， hingga saat ia bekerja sebagai Polisi Imperial Inggris di Burma， pekerjaan yang ia benci。 Tak ketinggalan， pendapat nya yang dituangkan dalam setiap esai adalah pendapat politik。 Bagi yang pernah baca buku Animal Farm， pasti tahu bahwa meskipun buku itu fiksi， isi nya tidak lepas dari politik。 Dalam buku ini， pandangan Orwell yang dituangkan mendefinisikan nya sebagai seorang sosialis dan anti-imperialis。 Lalu juga diikuti dengan pandangan nya tentang kemanusiaan。 Menguak sisi humanis nya。 Akan tetapi pandangannya terkait keyakinan religius agaknya tidak bisa kita pahami begitu saja。 Adapun judul dari buku ini sebenarnya adalah salah satu judul esai nya。 Bagaimana Si Miskin Mati merupakan pengalaman Orwell saat ia dirawat di rumah sakit di Perancis dan melihat bagaimana orang miskin mati karena diperlakukan sebagai objek penelitian。 Lalu juga ada esai yang berjudul Politik dan Bahasa Inggris。 Dimana ia mengkritik penggunaan bahasa dalam politik seperti narasi yang dibuat-dibuat dan tidak sesuai dengan kaidah kepenulisan。 Beberapa esai seperti Pengakuan Seorang Pengulas Buku dan Kenangan di Toko Buku juga menarik。 Buku ini diterjemahkan dengan baik dan mudah dimengerti。 Meskipun demikian， setiap esai punya tingkat kesulitan masing-masing untuk dipahami。 Ada juga banyak istilah baru utamanya berkaitan dengan politik yang harus dicek dulu artinya apa。 Saat membaca buku ini， bacanya pelan-pelan aja ya jangan sampai hilang isinya。 Jika kamu ingin mengetahui bagaimana pandangan seorang George Orwell， maka buku ini cocok untuk mu。 Buku ini dibuat untuk mendefinisikan siapa George Orwell melalui pemikiran² kritis nya dalam kumpulan esai。 。。。more
Kevin Pease
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Some interesting stuff but lots of boring rants about everything under the sun。 I must admit I skipped quite a bit。 It may be useful if you were researching the period。
Tiggy
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slay
Dan
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A Collection of Essays by George OrwellOf the forty essays here there are many that are remarkable。 Orwell's honesty and humility are as notable as his razor shape insight。 I have always liked Orwell's non-fiction。 I consider an Homage to Catalonia to be one of the best war memoirs ever written。 Here are the five-star essays that moved me the most。 1。 A Hanging - a famous essay about a man's last minutes before his hanging。 Orwell witnessed the event during his military service in Burma。 Upon re A Collection of Essays by George OrwellOf the forty essays here there are many that are remarkable。 Orwell's honesty and humility are as notable as his razor shape insight。 I have always liked Orwell's non-fiction。 I consider an Homage to Catalonia to be one of the best war memoirs ever written。 Here are the five-star essays that moved me the most。 1。 A Hanging - a famous essay about a man's last minutes before his hanging。 Orwell witnessed the event during his military service in Burma。 Upon reading this vivid paragraph I immediately thought of an Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge。 A Hanging begins: It was in Burma， a sodden morning of the rains。 A sickly light， like yellow tinfoil， was slanting over the high walls into the jail yard。 We were waiting outside the condemned cells， a row of sheds fronted with double bars， like small animal cages。 Each cell measured about ten feet by ten and was quite bare within except for a plank bed and a pot of drinking water。 In some of them brown silent men were squatting at the inner bars， with their blankets draped round them。 These were the condemned men， due to be hanged within the next week or two。2。 Shooting an Elephant - perhaps the best short memoir that I have ever read。 The courage that it takes to write such a humiliating story about oneself is remarkable and there are so many memorable lines like these。 To come all that way， rifle in hand， with two thousand people marching at my heels， and then to trail feebly away， having done nothing — no， that was impossible。 The crowd would laugh at me。 And my whole life， every white man’s life in the East， was one long struggle not to be laughed at。3。 Marrakech - Orwell's insights about imperialism are so razor sharp here in this essay about his brief stay in Marrakech。 Orwell never panders and he is clear eyed about the poverty。 The thoughts that enter his white privileged mind are not without prejudice but they are always infused with some form of humanity。 When you walk through a town like this — two hundred thousand inhabitants， of whom at least twenty thousand own literally nothing except the rags they stand up in — when you see how the people live， and still more how easily they die， it is always difficult to believe that you are walking among human beings。 All colonial empires are in reality founded upon this fact。4。 Mark Twain the Licensed Jester- in this essay Orwell both praises Twain for his wit and skewers him for his hypocritical positions on capitalism。 I found it interesting that Orwell spent much of the essay reviewing Life on the Mississippi and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court。 The first was his best book and the latter his worst in my opinion。 Several of Mark Twain’s books are bound to survive， because they contain invaluable social history。 His life covered the great period of American expansion。 When he was a child it was a normal day’s outing to go with a picnic lunch and watch the hanging of an Abolitionist， and when he died the aeroplane was ceasing to be a novelty。 This period in America produced relatively little literature， and but for Mark Twain our picture of a Mississippi paddle-steamer， or a stage-coach crossing the plains， would be much dimmer than it is。5。 How the Poor Die- While in Paris in the 20's， an impoverished Orwell was hospitalized for pneumonia。 He was admitted to the public hospital and saw many patients who died during his time there and was appalled at the inhumane treatment that the patients， including himself， were subjected to。 When I had got back my clothes and grown strong on my legs I fled from the Hôpital X， before my time was up and without waiting for a medical discharge。 It was not the only hospital I have fled from， but its gloom and bareness， its sickly smell and， above all， something in its mental atmosphere stand out in my memory as exceptional。 I had been taken there because it was the hospital belonging to my ARRONDISSEMENT， and I did not learn till after I was in it that it bore a bad reputation。6。 Some Thoughts on the Common Toad - with the arrival of spring， Orwell thinks of the animals and flowers that appear。 A somewhat whimsical essay but it has a message about the natural world vs the man made world。 After the sorts of winters we have had to endure recently， the spring does seem miraculous， because it has become gradually harder and harder to believe that it is actually going to happen。 Every February since 1940 I have found myself thinking that this time winter is going to be permanent。 But Persephone， like the toads， always rises from the dead at about the same moment。 7。 The Prevention of Literature - Orwell discusses how truth is central to good literature and that it is impossible to do so in totalitarian regimes and even difficult in democratic regimes like England where prejudices are very real。 To many English intellectuals the war was a deeply moving experience， but not an experience about which they could write sincerely。 There were only two things that you were allowed to say， and both of them were palpable lies: as a result， the war produced acres of print but almost nothing worth reading。8。 Why I Write - Orwell discusses his joy and motivation for writing。 Good prose is like a windowpane。 I cannot say with certainty which of my motives are the strongest， but I know which of them deserve to be followed。 And looking back through my work， I see that it is invariably where I lacked a POLITICAL purpose that I wrote lifeless books and was betrayed into purple passages， sentences without meaning， decorative adjectives and humbug generally。9。 Such， Such Were the Joys - this is the bedwetter article。 Despite the difficult topic， it is exceptionally well written and not a topic that most people would even address about themselves。 Fright and shame seemed to have anesthetized me。 I was crying partly because I felt that this was expected of me， partly from genuine repentance， but partly also because of a deeper grief which is peculiar to childhood and not easy to convey: a sense of desolate loneliness and helplessness， of being locked up not only in a hostile world but in a world of good and evil where the rules were such that it was actually not possible for me to keep them。5 stars easy for the whole collection。 。。。more
JoAnn
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Attempt 1 （22 Feb '22 - 19 March '22）: Stopped at pg 138 Attempt 1 （22 Feb '22 - 19 March '22）: Stopped at pg 138 。。。more
Darren Nelson
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Orwell is a sophisticated and contemporary sounding voice for someone writing before 1950。 The range is impressive - literary analysis of Dickens with a both appreciative and critical leftish take of Dickens' concerns for the downtrodden， aesthetic and moral analysis of earthy postcard artist Donald McGill， etc。 The damning portrait of his early schooling at Crossgates sets the stage for his biography and creative writing。 The most fascinating essay for someone reading now， in this time when agg Orwell is a sophisticated and contemporary sounding voice for someone writing before 1950。 The range is impressive - literary analysis of Dickens with a both appreciative and critical leftish take of Dickens' concerns for the downtrodden， aesthetic and moral analysis of earthy postcard artist Donald McGill， etc。 The damning portrait of his early schooling at Crossgates sets the stage for his biography and creative writing。 The most fascinating essay for someone reading now， in this time when aggressive nationalism and autocracy are rearing their heads yet again （is there something about the FIRST half of each century？！） is his observations on the Spanish Civil War in "Looking Back on the Spanish War。" There's astuteness about the working class which he holds to be the last hope ultimately against authoritarianisms （"The struggle of the working class is like the growth of a plant。 The plant is blind and stupid， but it knows enough to keep pushing upwards towards the light"）。 Then there is the now all too eerily resonant description of propaganda， selective belief in atrocities， and the loss of any constraining responsibility to reality invoked in the bitter ideological fights of his day （"It is just this common basis of agreement， with its implications that human beings are all one species of animal， that totalitarianism destroys。 Nazi theory indeed specifically denies that such a thing as 'the truth' exists。"） Eek， sound familiar？ Orwell was a perceptive， courageously involved， independent-minded， and clear-headed man whose works spoke iconoclastically to his own time and again to ours。 A must read - 。。。more
Fiz|فيز on semi-hiatus （Sep-July）
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To understand the twentieth century， you have to read Orwell。 This is quoted on the blurb， and I guess to an extent I would agree with it。 This collection of essays written by Orwell during the 19th century- probably thinking they are all outdated， but I can vouch they are very timely and relevant- are written with such detail。 This collection includes literary reviews， autobiographical pieces， column-pieces written for the media。 If I could give a reading list to all politicians this would be a To understand the twentieth century， you have to read Orwell。 This is quoted on the blurb， and I guess to an extent I would agree with it。 This collection of essays written by Orwell during the 19th century- probably thinking they are all outdated， but I can vouch they are very timely and relevant- are written with such detail。 This collection includes literary reviews， autobiographical pieces， column-pieces written for the media。 If I could give a reading list to all politicians this would be at the top of my list。 Orwell writes about politics and culture that is not bulky， it is easy to read and you can tell he was well-read and travelled himself through his writing， but also because of him writing about topics such as British imperialism， the criticism of liberals during the Spanish war and of course political debates about British society。 The compilations of a wide range of topics of literary essays/criticisms- I found his writing on Dickens really interesting… but also long。 It took me some time to get through it， but I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a non-fiction read。 Stunning and brilliant Orwell is a genius- one person who I wished I could have met。 A collection I will be re-visiting 。。。more
Eduardo Laborde
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Muy recomendable si quieres conocer el trasfondo del autor。 Te ayuda mucho a entender como se fueron formando sus ideas para escribir sus novelas。En muchos ensayos me parece que se queda corto pero esto， para mi， lo deja como un texto abierto para que el lector deje sus consideraciones。 Es un texto denso si buscas leerlo por completo， si en un futuro me atrae releerlo sin duda tomare los ensayos que me gustaron más。Por si las 🪰 si a alguien le interesa conocer algún antecedente de los conflictos Muy recomendable si quieres conocer el trasfondo del autor。 Te ayuda mucho a entender como se fueron formando sus ideas para escribir sus novelas。En muchos ensayos me parece que se queda corto pero esto， para mi， lo deja como un texto abierto para que el lector deje sus consideraciones。 Es un texto denso si buscas leerlo por completo， si en un futuro me atrae releerlo sin duda tomare los ensayos que me gustaron más。Por si las 🪰 si a alguien le interesa conocer algún antecedente de los conflictos de Europa del Este con Estados Unidos varios textos de aquí están muy ad hoc al conflicto armado actual。 。。。more
roberta
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Shooting an ElephantOn Fascism and DemocracyWhy I Write
Jerry
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Unlike novels which engage the reader in stories， essays focus the reader's attention on writer。 It's through this collection of essays on wide ranging topics that we learn a great deal about Eric Blair， the man， as opposed to George Orwell the writer。 Major themes of this collection of essays include Blair's thoughts on the writer's role in a totalitarian society; his compassion for and awareness of those whose work critical to our daily lives such as the miners， men and women， who daily descen Unlike novels which engage the reader in stories， essays focus the reader's attention on writer。 It's through this collection of essays on wide ranging topics that we learn a great deal about Eric Blair， the man， as opposed to George Orwell the writer。 Major themes of this collection of essays include Blair's thoughts on the writer's role in a totalitarian society; his compassion for and awareness of those whose work critical to our daily lives such as the miners， men and women， who daily descended deep into the earth to extract coal under the most horrific circumstances。 Blair reveals his compassion for those innocent， impoverished， indigenous servants of the Crown who run afoul of British justice and how they are dealt with as if they were simply annoying insects meant to be crushed。 He learn that this man who volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War struggled deeply with the fact he would have to kill another living creature。。。in this case a rampaging elephant。 Blair's critiques of other author's reveals his reverence of writing as a tool for exposing the nature of man as in Arthur Koestler's 'Darkness At Noon' and his distain for those who don't。。。Mark Twain and W B Yeats。 These essay's reveal a lot about the man we know as George Orwell the novelist。 。。。more
Paul Richards
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A Prescient GeniusI was reading Christopher Hitchens ' Why Orwell Matters。 And being familiar with several books of his I took the plunge。 I started with Wings Pier and ended up here。 Through out his reflections illustrate the ever receding hope of a successful Socialism。 Politicians are incapable of it。 A Prescient GeniusI was reading Christopher Hitchens ' Why Orwell Matters。 And being familiar with several books of his I took the plunge。 I started with Wings Pier and ended up here。 Through out his reflections illustrate the ever receding hope of a successful Socialism。 Politicians are incapable of it。 。。。more
ijul （yuliyono）
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Buku pertama tulisan Orwell yang dibaca， rekomendasi Kek Vera untuk tantangan baca 12 bulan。 Alhamdulillah tersedia fisiknya di Perpustakaan Nasional。 Jadi salah satu buku pertama yang dipinjam sejak punya Kartu Anggota。Nonfiksi。 Kumpulan essay。 Jujurly， nggak terlalu bisa terkoneksi sama essay berbau politiknya， tapi kalau sudah tentang perbukuan dan konflik batin， langsung nancep di otak。Setelah ini pengin baca karya Orwell yang fiksinya: Animal Farm ada di GD， kayaknya itu bakal jadi buku yan Buku pertama tulisan Orwell yang dibaca， rekomendasi Kek Vera untuk tantangan baca 12 bulan。 Alhamdulillah tersedia fisiknya di Perpustakaan Nasional。 Jadi salah satu buku pertama yang dipinjam sejak punya Kartu Anggota。Nonfiksi。 Kumpulan essay。 Jujurly， nggak terlalu bisa terkoneksi sama essay berbau politiknya， tapi kalau sudah tentang perbukuan dan konflik batin， langsung nancep di otak。Setelah ini pengin baca karya Orwell yang fiksinya: Animal Farm ada di GD， kayaknya itu bakal jadi buku yang terpilih selanjutnya。 。。。more
Peter Müller
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The man possessed the great skill of pulling away the curtains， observe an issue objectively and then asking some very self-reflecting questions。 His observations also still fit into the modern world。 Great read。
Babak
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MI5 spy （look it up）， wildly overrated middle brow writer。 Animal farm is a garbage allegory， and even by it’s own allegorical terms it’s completely and probably false。
Alex
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If you can handle the impressions， literal and figurative， about multiple topics that require a familiarity with 20th century politics， wars and culture， have I got the book for you。There are simply too many badass quotes from a brilliant writer to include。 In particular， read how he deconstructs Dickens， then Henry Miller， then his experiences as a schoolboy， all while weaving the decline of the British Empire throughout every essay。
Peter Melancon
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There is so much to talk about！ I've always admired and loved Orwell's books but reading essays about him， his thoughts about the British Empire， the War in Spain and the effects of the people in Britain is astounding and lovely。 I will admit some of the essays I wanted to skip because they felt too long but then he'd find a way to connect the subject to something else and give some great examples。 His thoughts on the fleeting British Empire， Socialism and Communism is fascinating and in some wa There is so much to talk about！ I've always admired and loved Orwell's books but reading essays about him， his thoughts about the British Empire， the War in Spain and the effects of the people in Britain is astounding and lovely。 I will admit some of the essays I wanted to skip because they felt too long but then he'd find a way to connect the subject to something else and give some great examples。 His thoughts on the fleeting British Empire， Socialism and Communism is fascinating and in some ways spot on。 He may have passed but his writing and works are still relevant today as they were in his time。 。。。more
Harvey Hênio
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O professor， jornalista e escritor inglês Eric Arthur Blair viveu pouco。 Ele nasceu em 1903， na Índia， onde seu pai era funcionário público do Império Britânico e faleceu em Londres em 1950 com apenas 47 anos em função de complicações provocadas por uma tuberculose mal curada。 Eric Arthur Blair é sem dúvida um ilustre desconhecido para você que está lendo este texto mas， tenho convicção de que， caso você tenha um mínimo de proximidade com o mundo da literatura você reconhecerá de imediato a alcu O professor， jornalista e escritor inglês Eric Arthur Blair viveu pouco。 Ele nasceu em 1903， na Índia， onde seu pai era funcionário público do Império Britânico e faleceu em Londres em 1950 com apenas 47 anos em função de complicações provocadas por uma tuberculose mal curada。 Eric Arthur Blair é sem dúvida um ilustre desconhecido para você que está lendo este texto mas， tenho convicção de que， caso você tenha um mínimo de proximidade com o mundo da literatura você reconhecerá de imediato a alcunha com a qual Eric Arthur Blair se consagrou e imortalizou: George Orwell。tOrwell é autor de dois livros icônicos， lidos， debatidos， republicados e transpostos para outras mídias com sucesso: “The animal farm” （aqui no Brasil publicado com o nome “A revolução dos bichos”） de 1945 em que o autor elabora uma fábula alegórica sobre os caminhos e descaminhos da Revolução Russa e “1984” ambientado num futuro distópico em que a liberdade individual morreu frente à ascensão do totalitarismo。 No entanto poucos sabem que além dessas duas consagradas obras Orwell escreveu e publicou muito mais。 De uns 10 anos para cá tem sido feito um esforço de editores e editoras de mostrar o que Orwell produziu além das duas obras que o consagraram e este livro “Como morrem os pobres e outros ensaios” faz parte desse esforço。t“Como morrem os pobres。。。” é composto por ensaios escritos por Orwell nas décadas de 30 e 40 do século passado。 Os temas são muitos e os textos， de uma maneira geral， revelam toda a verve， humor e todo o senso crítico de um autor que poderia ter produzido muito mais e há que se lamentar profundamente seu passamento precoce。tSão leituras obrigatórias os textos que mostram Orwell vivendo entre os mendigos， sem-teto e desempregados inclusive dormindo em albergues imundos junto com eles， vagando pelas cidades junto com eles e trabalhando， em ocupações temporárias como a colheita de lúpulo， por remunerações irrisórias。 Tal trabalho de imersão possibilitou a elaboração de textos mordazes e de um realismo ás vezes brutal oriundos da lavra de alguém que viveu na pele o tratamento destinado aos pobres e miseráveis na Inglaterra e alcançou a plena percepção de “como morrem os pobres” como diz o título。 Praticamente um século nos separa da realidade esmiuçada pelo autor mas é chocante que， a despeito do tempo passado e do progresso alcançado， o tratamento aos “excluídos” não seja tão diferente assim agora， já dentro da terceira década do século XXI – “miséria é miséria em qualquer parte” e em qualquer tempo também， emendando o clássico dos Titãs que Orwell， na certa， apreciaria。tChamam a atenção também a defesa que o autor faz， em vários dos ensaios， da liberdade de imprensa e de expressão， a sua ojeriza ao fascismo， às suas práticas odiosas e aos fascistas – declarados e enrustidos e a sua contundente denúncia da hipocrisia dos socialistas britânicos e franceses que se esmeravam em criticar o autoritarismo de seus governos mas recusavam-se a criticar Stalin e a URSS， além de crucificar aqueles que o faziam。tApenas um senão: alguns textos tem uma temática por demais britânica que soa algo datada cronológica e geograficamente e algo estranha a nós criados no hemisfério sul mas esse “senão” não compromete a obra como um todo。tExcelente！ 。。。more
Reference
google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Ensayos (Essays)
hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Ensayos (Essays)&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Ensayos (Essays)&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0