乔治·奥威尔不但是最著名的反极权小说的作者，还是著名的英语文体家、第一流的散文家以及头脑清醒、目光犀利的文学评论家。《我为什么要写作》选入作者《如此欢乐童年》等著名忆旧、纪实作品以及《我为什么要写作》、《政治与英语》等著名论文。(George Orwell is not only the most famous author in writing anti-totalitarian novels, but also the well-known English stylist, the first-class essayist and the sober-minded and sharp-eyed literary critic. Why I write has selected the famous recalling and documentary works such as Such, Such Were the Joys written by authors and the well-known papers, including Why I write and Politics and the English Language.)