Inside the Whale
first publication date: 1940
original title: Inside the Whale
original language: English
follows: Coming Up for Air
"Inside the Whale" is an essay in three parts written by George Orwell in 1940. It is primarily a review of Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller with Orwell discoursing more widely over English literature in the 1920s and 1930s. The biblical story of Jonah and the whale is used as a metaphor for accepting experience without seeking to change it, Jonah inside the whale being comfortably protected from the problems of the outside world. It was published, alongside two other pieces by Orwell, 11 March 1940 by Gollancz in Orwell's first collection of essays, Inside the Whale and Other Essays. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Editions
1Dans le ventre de la baleine
et autres essais (1931-1943)publisher: Ivrea, Éditions de l'Encyclopédie des NuisancesISBN-13: 978-2-85184-284-8
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