Table of Contents

Preface and acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: the Orwell problem; 2. Totalitarianism, etc; 3. Inventing a form; 4. A kind of socialism; 5. War and revolution; 6. The road to Airstrip One; 7. Orwell's truth: concluding remarks; Notes and references; Index.

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Drawing on a wide range of Orwell's writing Rai charts his progression from rebellion through reconciliation to despair.