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Post by HStorm on Aug 7, 2004 19:28:13 GMT
Naselus' recent recommendation that people should read Burmese Days got me thinking... how many regulars on this forum have actually read any of Orwell's other work beside the usual suspects (i.e. Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm)?
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Post by Thanatos on Aug 7, 2004 21:26:49 GMT
None of the options was true of me, so I voted for the closest ("Many of the novels and essays"): I've read Nineteen Eighty-Four, Animal Farm and a large collection of essays entitled Shooting an Elephant.
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Post by The mekanik on Aug 10, 2004 10:06:57 GMT
Quite shamefully, I have only read 1984, but this is only becasue no library in the country seems to have Animal farm ready to loan out! i am interested in where i can aquire some of his papers though.
Any advise would be most appreciated.
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Post by HStorm on Aug 10, 2004 10:09:17 GMT
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Post by Naselus on Aug 10, 2004 10:09:43 GMT
Try going into a bookshop. Waterstones are quite likely to have his work.
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Post by The mekanik on Aug 10, 2004 10:12:45 GMT
WHAT!! And spend money?
I cant do that. Im out of a job at the mo (although that will change soon)
thanks anyway.
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Post by HStorm on Aug 10, 2004 10:18:51 GMT
Actually, Nas, most of Orwell's non-fiction is out of print now. Doesn't mean it'll never be re-released of course, I'm sure it will, but it is very difficult to find in printed form at the moment. A shame, work like The Road To WIgan Pier is outstanding literature in its own right and should be preserved in a proper bound paper edition, not in electronic form or printouts alone.
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Post by The mekanik on Aug 10, 2004 12:15:07 GMT
Oooh. I have read a bit of that at school. Sadly we never did much of it. I can remember we did about two pages. That was the first and last time I have ever seen that book anywhere.
I still need to know where i can source out old Orwell books.
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Post by HStorm on Aug 10, 2004 12:18:53 GMT
As I say, try the link I put up above. It's not ideal, but even if you can only find them in HTML form that's still better than not being able to read them at all.
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Post by TheCritique on Sept 16, 2004 14:29:23 GMT
Oooh. I have read a bit of that at school. I seem to remember a few paragraphs of it being in the Yr. 9 SATS exam. Is that what you are thinking of Oliver? |
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Post by The mekanik on Oct 27, 2004 10:00:04 GMT
No, but i remember that too. Have just finished Down and out in paris and london, that was top class! What a fantastic book. I have discovered that the school library does have some of His books, after all.
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Post by The mekanik on Nov 27, 2004 16:08:00 GMT
Now I have read the following:
1984
Animal Farm
Down and Out in Paris and London
Shooting an Elephant and Other essays
Coming Up For Air
Good books!
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