About “Why I Write”

"Why I Write" is a 1946 essay by George Orwell detailing his personal journey to becoming a writer. It was first published in the Summer 1946 edition of Gangrel, whose editors, J. B. Pick and Charles Neil, had asked a selection of writers to explain why they write. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

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2005 · ISBN 0143036351
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Why I Write by George Orwell has 120 pages.

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