{"product_id":"an-age-like-this-1920-1940-9781567921335","title":"An Age Like This, 1920-1940","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssays, journalism and essays by the indispensable George Orwell, spanning the first two decades of his writing career. Even many years after his death, the more we read of Orwell, the more clearly we can think about our world and ourselves.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Orwell's breadth of experience, compassion, and political insight make his early essays among his best. Here he witnesses two kinds of executions in Burma (\"A Hanging\" and \"Shooting an Elephant\"), fires salvos at British colonialism (\"How a Nation is Exploited\"), copes with poverty in Paris (\"A Day in the Life of a Tramp\"), and works in a bookshop in Hampstead (\"Bookshop Memories\"). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was also during this period that Orwell wrote and published \u003ci\u003eDown and Out in Paris and London\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Wigan Pier\u003c\/i\u003e (originally published for the Left Book Club), and the memoir of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, \u003ci\u003eHomage to Catalonia\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis first volume of the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollected Essays, Journalism, and Letters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e contains some of the most remarkable writing of Orwell's entire career and will be enjoyed by anyone who believes that words can go a long way toward changing the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-562873\"\u003eGeorge Orwell\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e David R. Godine Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781567921335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1567921337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO009000\"\u003eEuropean | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO010000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David R. Godine Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50819146547497,"sku":"9781567921335","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/img_f9ae6518-6065-4949-a2e5-94e99ee5f353.jpg?v=1755627670","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/an-age-like-this-1920-1940-9781567921335","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}