How Long to Read George Orwell's Perverse Humanity

How Long Does it Take to Read George Orwell's Perverse Humanity?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 42 minutes to read George Orwell's Perverse Humanity by Glenn Burgess

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This is the first book to focus primarily on George Orwell's ideas about free speech and related matters – freedom of the press, the writer's freedom of expression, honesty and truthfulness – and, in particular, the ways in which they are linked to his political vision of socialism. Orwell is today claimed by the Left and Right, by neo-conservatives and neo-socialists. How is that possible? Part of the answer, as Glenn Burgess reveals, is that Orwell was an odd sort of socialist. The development of Orwell's socialism was, from the start, conditioned by his individualist and liberal commitments. The hopes he attached to socialism were for a fairer, more equal world that would permit human freedom and individuality to flourish, completing, not destroying, the work of liberalism. Freedom of thought was a central part of this, and its defence and use were essential parts of the struggle to ensure that socialism developed in a liberal, humane form that did not follow the totalitarian path of Soviet communism. Written in celebration of Orwell's dictum, 'We hold that the most perverse human being is more interesting than the most orthodox gramophone record,' George Orwell's Perverse Humanity is a portrait of Orwell that captures these themes and provides a new understanding of him as a political thinker and activist. Based on archival research and new materials that affirm his work as an activist for freedom, it also uncovers a socialist ideology that has been obscured in just the way that the author feared it would be – associated in many people's minds with totalitarian unfreedom.

How long is George Orwell's Perverse Humanity?

George Orwell's Perverse Humanity by Glenn Burgess is 281 pages long, and a total of 70,531 words.

This makes it 95% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read George Orwell's Perverse Humanity Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 25 minutes to read George Orwell's Perverse Humanity aloud.

What Reading Level is George Orwell's Perverse Humanity?

George Orwell's Perverse Humanity is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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