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Why I Write by George Orwell : Essays Book

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"Why I Write" (1946) is an essay by George Orwell detailing his personal journey to becoming a writer. It was first published in the Summer 1946 edition of Gangrel. The editors of this magazine, J.B.Pick and Charles Neil, had asked a selection of writers to explain why they write.

The essay offers a type of mini-autobiography in which he writes of having first completed poems and tried his hand at short-stories, and carried on a continuous "story" about himself in his head, before finally becoming a full-fledged writer. It goes on to set out some important motives for writing.


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Sahara Publisher Books
2382262133 / 9782382262139
Paperback / softback
01/01/1946
100 pages
152 x 229 mm, 145 grams
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