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The Decline of the English Murder
The Decline of the English Murder
Summary
"Decline of the English Murder" analyses the kinds of murders depicted in popular media during Orwell's life and why society of the time was obsessed with these grizzly crimes. Tribune published it on 15 February 1946, and Secker and Warburg republished it after his death in Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays in 1952.
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12 minutes
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12 minutes
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