Introducing Little Clothbound Classics irresistible mini editions of short stories novellas and essays from the worlds greatest writers designed by the awardwinning Coralie BickfordSmithCelebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna from haunted New England to a sundrenched Mediterranean island and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed these collectible editions are bound in colourful tactile cloth and stamped with foil.Today George Orwell is perhaps most famous for his iconic novels Nineteen EightyFour and Animal Farm but in his own time it was his remarkable nonfiction writing which drew most attention. Kindhearted intelligent often funny occasionally indignant always insightful his essays are some of the best ever written. Among others this selection includes Shooting an Elephant Such Such Were the Joys and Some Thoughts on the Common Toad.