In the centenary of his birth, BBC Radio 4 is offering a generous Homage to George Orwell:
BBC Radio 4 - The Real George Orwell - Episode guide
Essays and Journalism Episode 1 of 5
A Hanging
Although most famous for his novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty Four, George Orwell was also a prolific essayist and journalist. A selection of Orwell's non-fiction writing begins with the powerful essay, A Hanging, Orwell's account of an execution that he attended while serving in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma during the 1920's: 'It is curious, but til that moment I had never realised what it means to destroy a healthy, conscious man.'
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