• Brings together Orwell's longer, major essays and a selection of shorter pieces
• Stefan Collini's introduction places the essays in context and explains the arrangement into three categories: Personal/Descriptive, Literary, and Political
• Uses authoritative texts of Orwells essays taken from the editions overseen by Orwell and then checked against later scholarly versions
• Includes extensive notes, a chronology, and guidance on further reading

  
It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it.
  
George Orwell was one of the most celebrated essayists in the English language, and there are quite a few of his essays which are probably better known than any of his other writings apart from Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four.
  
Stefan Collini presents a collection of Orwell's longer, major essays as well as a selection of shorter pieces, arranged into three categories: Personal/Descriptive, Literary, and Political.