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  1. Aug 19, 2021 · ‘Inside the Whale’ is a long essay by George Orwell (1903-50), published in 1940. The title of Orwell’s essay refers to the biblical Book of Jonah, in which the prophet Jonah is swallowed by a great fish (although, as Orwell notes, received wisdom tends to substitute ‘whale’ for ‘fish’).

  2. Inside the Whale and Other Essays is a book of essays written by George Orwell in 1940. It includes the eponymous essay "Inside the Whale". Background. Inside the Whale was published by Victor Gollancz as a book of essays on 11 March 1940. Orwell refers to it as a "book" in part three of the essay.

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  4. Apr 28, 2000 · The passive attitude will come back, and it will be more consciously passive than before. Progress and reaction have both turned out to be swindles. Seemingly there is nothing left but quietism — robbing reality of its terrors by simply submitting to it. Get inside the whale — or rather, admit you are inside the whale (for you are, of ...

  5. Inside the Whale" is an essay in three parts written by George Orwell in 1940. It is primarily a review of Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller with Orwell discoursing more widely over English literature in the 1920s and 1930s.

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    • 1940
  6. “Inside the Whale” is one of George Orwell’s most famous essays, originally published in 1940. In this essay, Orwell explores the work of several writers, including Henry Miller and D.H. Lawrence, and examines the role of literature in society.

  7. Oct 20, 2021 · Inside the whale, and other essays. by. Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Publication date. 1962. Topics. Children's periodicals, English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism, English literature. Publisher. Harmondsworth (Middlesex) : Penguin, in association with Secker & Warburg.

  8. Inside the Whale and Other Essays. George Orwell. 3.99. 1,561 ratings130 reviews. George Orwell might be best remembered for ANIMAL FARM and 1984, but it was his essays that launched him. In them he not only demonstrated how he thought, but proposed a rule as to how thinking ought to proceed.

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