“The spikes are beginning to grow, and all the world will look like me.”

While primarily known for his prose, George Orwell also wrote poetry, mostly during his early years. This complete collection includes all eighteen of his published poems, which often explore personal experiences and social issues and demonstrate the same commitment to honesty and clear expression found in his novels and essays, revealing the same dry wit and keen eye for social critique. Works such as The Italian Soldier Shook My Hand and A Happy Vicar I Might Have Been show his ability to blend irony with empathy, offering glimpses into the mind of a writer still shaping his voice and writing during a period marked by global conflict and idealogical clashes.

The titles included in this collection, in order of appearance, are:

• Awake! Young Men of England (1914)
• Ballade (1929)
• Ironic Poem About Prostitution (written prior to 1936)
• Kitchener (1916)
• The Lesser Evil (1924)
• A Little Poem (1935)
• On a Ruined Farm Near the His Masters Voice Gramophone Factory (1934)
• Our Minds Are Married, but We Are Too Young (1918)
• The Pagan (1918)
• The Wounded Cricketer (1920)
• Poem from Burma (1922–1927)
• Romance (1925)
• Sometimes in the Middle Autumn Days (1933)
• Suggested by a Toothpaste Advertisement (1918–1919)
• Summer-like for an Instant (1933)
• As One Non-Combatant to Another (1943)
• A Dressed Man and a Naked Man (1933)
• A Happy Vicar I Might Have Been (1935)

Born Eric Arthur Blair, George Orwell (1903-1950) was a British novelist, essayist, and critic famous for his insightful social and political commentary. His personal engagement with real world issues imbues his work with a sense of social conscience that continues to resonate with readers, and his two most famous novels, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, continue to captivate audiences worldwide.

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