George Orwell was renowned for his use and analysis of the English language. Anyone interested in language will find these six famous pithy essays instructive and engaging.ampampnbspampampnbspThe essays are Politics and the English Language.Politics vs. Literature An Examination of Gullivers TravelsThe Prevention of LiteratureWhy I WriteWriters and Leviathan.Poetry and the MicrophoneampampnbspThis edition provides generous margins for the readers notes. ampampnbspGeorge Orwellampampnbspborn Eric Blair 1903 Motihari Bengal died Jan 1950 Londonampampnbspwas a leading British writer of the twentieth century.ampampnbspHe studied at Wellington College andampampnbspEton 19171921 where he was a Kings Scholar. After Eton he followed family tradition and joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma until 1927 when disgusted by imperialism he resigned to pursue his boyhood dream of being a writer.ampampnbspOrwell was a prolific journalist essayist novelist and nonfiction writer.ampampnbspHe is remembered for his prescient writing and his unwavering commitment to truth and clarity of expression. His last two novelsAnimal FarmampampnbspandampampnbspNineteen EightyFourhave placed him at the pinnacle of British literature.ampampnbspampampnbspampampnbspHe has been called not the best but the most important writer who ever lived. The Economist 2023