George Orwell - Livros & Cigarros

The final (and longest) essay in this volume stands apart within Orwell’s body of work.

In Such, Such Were the Joys, he revisits his childhood — particularly the painful experiences at St. Cyprian’s preparatory school — offering a scathing critique of the educational system and the prevailing mentality of English society at the time. Due to the deeply personal nature of the essay, Orwell, who is believed to have completed it in 1947, instructed that it only be published after his death — which is exactly what happened. And it is in this moving text that we finally grasp the origins of Orwell’s indomitable spirit, his determination to resist tyranny and uphold dignity — in a word, his unwavering belief that the weak have the right to rebel against the established order.