George Orwell, edited by Peter Davison, intro. by Christopher Hitchens. Norton/Liveright, $39.95 (608p) ISBN 978-0-871-40410-7
Reviewed by David Brooks. George Orwell has become a literary saint because of his moral commitment and intellectual honesty. In his diaries, edited by Davison (co-editor of Orwell’s Complete Works), you see those two virtues coming into formation.
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Edited by Peter Davison. Norton/Liveright, $35 (560p) ISBN 978-0-87140-462-6
Orwell’s keen insight and acerbic wit reverberate throughout these selected letters, culled from more than 10 volumes to offer a comprehensive view of his life and personality. Ranging from 1911, during Orwell’s school days, until his death in 1950,
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George Orwell, Author, Keith Gessen, Introduction by, George Packer, Compiled by , compiled by George Packer, intro. by Keith Gessen. Harcourt $25 (374p) ISBN 978-0-15-101355-5
Before he was a renowned novelist, George Orwell was a masterful essayist. Spanning the 1940s, this companion to Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays
showcases Orwell in an often unexpected cavalcade of observations on diverse subjects—in
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George Orwell, Author, George Packer, Compiled by , compiled and with an intro. by George Packer. Harcourt $25 (308p) ISBN 978-0-15-101361-6
In editing these two volumes, George Packer reminds us that the author of the novel 1984 wrote brilliant essays.
Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays
George Orwell
, compiled and with an intro. by George Packer. Harcourt
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W. J. West, Editor, George Orwell, Author Pantheon Books $9.45 (256p) ISBN 978-0-394-55701-4
These 49 talks, written and in part delivered by Orwell from December 20, 1941, to March 13, 1943, over the BBC, were designed to counter the lies and misrepresentations being broadcast via Axis radio stations. West has restored most of the passages
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George Orwell and Odyr. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22 (176p) ISBN 978-0-358-09315-2
In this painterly adaptation of the slim volume read by most Americans in middle school, Odyr’s expressive watercolor palette strikes a visceral note that matches the intensity of Orwell’s original text. An intelligent pig, named Old Major, inspires
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George Orwell and Fido Nesti. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22 (224p) ISBN 978-0-358-35992-0
Orwell’s classic dystopian nightmare is lent new life in this atmospheric graphic adaptation by Brazilian artist Nesti. In Orwell’s bleak totalitarian world engaged in perpetual war, Big Brother is always watching (ever-present in the comic’s...
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