On Politics, Cooking, and Literature

George Orwell is renowned not only as the author of the dystopian novel “1984” and the novella “Animal Farm,” but he was also an outstanding journalist, critic, and a versatile personality. Orwell's journalism raises a number of acute issues related to the socio-political life of the mid-20th century. The collection includes essays on a wide variety of topics—from politics and war to cooking and literature, such as “Hops Cleaning,” “A Day in the Life of a Vagabond,” “New Words,” “Hyde Park Freedom,” “The Politics of Hunger,” “Who Are War Criminals?,” “Pacifism and War,” the previously unpublished essay “British Cuisine,” and others, as well as literary reviews.