George Orwell [Audiobook] download free by Gordon Bowker
- Listen audiobook: George Orwell
- Author: Gordon Bowker
- Release date: 2004/11/11
- Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
- ISBN: 9780349115511
- Rating: 7.82 of 10
- Votes: 135
- Review by: Deborah Perryman
- Review rating: 8.09 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/14
- Duration: 6H24M11S in 256 kbps (102.4 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-19
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WMA, AC3, MPEG4, AIFF, MP3, WavPack, WAV, FLAC (compression DMG, RAR, AZW3, ZIP)
- Total pages original book: 512
- Includes a PDF summary of 51 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 38M7S (10.2 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: George Orwell was one of the greatest writers England produced in the last century. He left an enduring mark on our language and culture, with concepts such as 'Big Brother' and 'Room 101.' His reputation rests not only on his political shrewdness and his sharp satires (Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four) but also on his marvellously clear style and superb essays, which rank with the best ever written. Gordon Bowker's new biography, written to coincide with Orwell's centenary, includes fascinating new material which brings his life into unfamiliar focus. He writes revealingly about Orwell's family background; the lasting influence of Eton on his work and character; his superstitious streak and youthful flirtation with black magic; and his chaotic and reckless sex life, which included at least one homoerotic relationship. It highlights the strange circumstances of his first marriage and provides remarkable new evidence of his experiences in Spain and their nightmarish consequences. It also offers a fresh look at his peculiar deathbed marriage to a woman fifteen years his junior. All this has enabled Bowker to give Orwell's life a brilliantly fresh and distinctive interpretation.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Literary Studies: General, Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers, Literary Studies: From C 1900 -, Biography: General, Biography: Literary
- Download servers: Toorgle, Lufi, FreakShare, Microsoft OneDrive, 4Shared, MEGA, Google Drive. Compressed in DMG, RAR, AZW3, ZIP
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 27.96 USD
- Dimensions: 129x197x34mm
- Weight: 362g
- Printed by: Abacus
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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