By Michael G. Brennan

In his angle towards faith, George Orwell has been characterized in a variety of phrases: as an agnostic, humanist, secular saint or maybe Christian atheist. Drawing at the complete variety of his private and non-private writings - from significant works comparable to Keep the Aspidistra Flying, 1984 and Down and Out in Paris and London to his shorter journalism and personal letters and journals - George Orwell and Religion is a massive reassessment of Orwell's life-long engagement with faith. Exploring Orwell's existence and paintings, Michael Brennan illuminates for the 1st time how this profound engagement with faith knowledgeable the intensely humanitarian spirit of his writings.

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