Why I Write
Orwell: How to Review Books
<p>‘It’s rather hackwork,’ Orwell wrote to his friend, the writer Arthur Koestler, in 1946. ‘The chief bore is reading the books.’ The letter is reprinted from <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/George-Orwell-A-Life-Letters/dp/0871404621/" target="_blank">George Orwell: A Life in Letters</a></i>, edited by Peter Davison and published this week by Liveright. Plus, <a href="/content/dailybeast/articles/2013/08/12/george-orwell-s-letter-on-why-he-wrote-1984.html" target="_blank">why Orwell wrote <i>1984</i>.</a></p>
George Orwell
