{"product_id":"9781782276753","title":"Inside the Whale : On Writers and Writing","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: George Orwell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLiterary essays\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 January 2021 by PUSHKIN PRESS in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Pushkin Collection' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 208 pages\u003cbr\u003e163 x 120 x 19mm | 190g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfailingly elegant and endlessly relevant, the four essays in this collection treat literature as a vital record of our political hypocrisies, our social failings, and the ennobling limits of our ideological aspirations. Delving into the literary canon, George Orwell encounters dusty classics and lesser-known works of literature on his own exhilarating terms. The novels of Henry Miller lead him inside the belly of Jonah's whale, an imagined refuge in a time of total war. A trenchant investigation of Charles Dickens unfolds into a poignant portrait of nineteenth-century liberalism. A minor pamphlet on Shakespeare by Tolstoy provokes a stirring evocation of humanism and the excessive vitality of life. A series of singularly thrilling reading experiences, they celebrate Orwell's engagement with the world of writers and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"George Orwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64838295486813,"sku":"9781782276753","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781782276753.jpg?v=1780054703","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781782276753","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}