Some Thoughts on the Common Toad by George Orwell
In this collection of eight witty and sharply written essays, Orwell looks at, among others, the joys of spring (even in London), the picture of humanity painted by Gulliver and his travels, and the strange benefit of the doubt that the public permit Salvador Dali. Also included here are a mouth-watering essay on the delights of English Cooking and a shocking account of killing an elephant in Burma.-
On the Shortness of Life
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Why I Write
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Meditations
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A Room of One's Own
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The Myth of Sisyphus
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The Prince
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Books v. Cigarettes
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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
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Civilization and its Discontents
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
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Fear and Trembling
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On the Suffering of the World
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Why Look at Animals?
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What Is Existentialism?
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The Communist Manifesto
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When I Dare to Be Powerful
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Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
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How To Be a Stoic
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Of Human Freedom
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Night Walks
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Man Alone with Himself
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On Suicide
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On Art and Life
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Eichmann and the Holocaust
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Useful Work v. Useless Toil
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Tao Te Ching
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On Liberty
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The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion
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Confessions of a Sinner
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The City of Ladies
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Nature
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The Art of War
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On Friendship
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On the Pleasure of Hating
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The Sickness Unto Death
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God is Dead. God Remains Dead. And We Have Killed Him.
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On Solitude
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Decline of the English Murder
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Utopia
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A Confession
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Days of Reading
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The Power of Words
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The Social Contract
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Anarchist Communism
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Three Japanese Buddhist Monks
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The Freedom to Be Free
Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141191270 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141191279 |
| Title | Some Thoughts on the Common Toad |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Series | Penguin Great Ideas |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-08-26 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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