In this bitingly honest autobiographical essay, Orwell recounts his days as a pupil at St Cyprian’s preparatory school in Eastbourne, Sussex. He reflects on a ‘world of force and fraud and secrecy,’ where the actual ‘pattern of school life’ was played out as a continuous triumph of the strong over the weak. Reflecting on the hypocrisy of Edwardian society, Orwell condemns the education he received as ‘a preparation for a sort of confidence trick,’ designed mercilessly to prepare pupils for exams without concern for real knowledge or understanding. This is Orwell as political dissident and supreme chronicler of class conflict.

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Hard Times

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Six Other Stories

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (film tie-in)

The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens

Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple’s Greatest Products

In My Shoes: A Memoir

Twelve Years a Slave (film tie-in)

About a Boy (film tie-in)

Such, Such Were the Joys

Vampire Academy: Vampire Academy Series #1

The Help (film tie-in)

Let It Snow

The Man Who Was Thursday

Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter 1)

Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter 2)

Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter 3)

Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter 4)

Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter 5)

Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter 6)

Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter 7)

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