George Orwell is well known for his strong views on language, society and politics, and admired for the robust, personal tone of his writings. The Language of George Orwell, the first detailed study of his style, demonstrates his stylistic versatility, and analyzes the linguistic techniques which create a variety of memorable effects in his novels and other prose works. Roger Fowler is a leading exponent of linguistic criticism, the method of analysis employed in this book.

Preface
Orwell's Life and Career
The Styles of Orwell
Orwell's Views on Language
Naturalism and Surrealism in Down and Out in Paris and London
Naturalism in Homage to Catalonia Realism, Judgement and Symbolism in
The Road to Wigan Pier Voices of the Other: Dialects and Accents in Down and Out and A Clergyman's Daughter
Further Aspects of Style: Burmese Days
Self-narration: Coming up for Air Animal Farm Nineteen Eighty-Four.