The George Orwell Non-Fiction Collection

audiobook (Unabridged) Down and Out in Paris and London; The Road to Wigan Pier; Homage to Catalonia; Essays; Poetry: Down and Out in Paris and London; The Road to Wigan Pier; Homage to Catalonia; Politics and the English Language; Notes on Nationalism; Why I Write

By George Orwell

cover image of The George Orwell Non-Fiction Collection
Audiobook icon Visual indication that the title is an audiobook

Sign up to save your library

With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Find out more about OverDrive accounts.

   Not today

Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive.

Download Libby on the App Store Download Libby on Google Play

Search for a digital library with this title

Title found at these libraries:

Library Name Distance
Loading...

This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of George Orwell's 3 books of non-fiction and 3 of his most well-renowned essays.


Down and Out in Paris and London: Orwell recounts his London tramping exploits in Paris and London with a cast of colourful characters.


The Road to Wigan Pier: Vivid descriptions of social injustice, cramped slum housing, dangerous mining conditions, squalor, hunger, and growing unemployment create a searing account of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s.


Homage to Catalonia: Having enlisted to fight for an anti-Stalinist communist party in Spain, Orwell is soon forced to flee the country and here discusses the destructive nature of Soviet communism.


Politics and the English Language: A stinging criticism of the "ugly and inaccurate" written English of Orwell's time which examines the connection between political orthodoxies and the debasement of language.


Notes on Nationalism: A biting state of the nation essay which reflects on patriotism, prejudice, and power.


Why I Write: Orwell describes his personal journey to becoming a writer and offers some important motives for writing.


Tracklisting:


- Chapters 2 to 41: Down and Out in Paris and London

- Chapters 42 to 56: The Road to Wigan Pier

- Chapters 57 to 72: Homage to Catalonia

- Chapters 73 to 75: Politics and the English Language

- Chapters 76 to 78: Notes on Nationalism

- Chapters 79 to 81: Why I Write


The George Orwell Non-Fiction Collection