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Decline of the English Murder

George Orwell

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English
Penguin
26 October 2009
'It is Sunday afternoon, preferably before the

war.

The wife is already asleep in the armchair, and the children have

been sent out for a nice long walk.

You put your feet up on the sofa,

settle your spectacles on your nose, and open The News of the World.

Roast beef and Yorkshire, or roast pork and apple sauce, followed up by suet

pudding and driven home, as it were, by a cup of mahogany brown tea, have put

you in just the right mood... In these blissful circumstances, what is it you

want to read about?

Naturally, a murder'

In these timeless and witty essays George Orwell explores the English love of reading about a good murder in the papers (and laments the passing of the heyday of the 'perfect' murder involving class, sex and poisoning), as well as unfolding his trenchant views on everything from boys' weeklies to naughty seaside postcards.

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
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Imprint:   Penguin
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 182mm,  Width: 112mm,  Spine: 8mm
Weight:   82g
ISBN:   9780141191263
ISBN 10:   0141191260
Series:   Penguin Great Ideas
Pages:   128
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell) was born in 1903 in India and was schooled at Eton. From 1922 to 1927 he served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, which provided inspriation for his first novel, Burmese Days. He went on to become a journalist, working for the BBC, Tribune, the Observer and the Manchester Evening News. He is best known for his two novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. He died in 1950.

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