The Real George Orwell | Essays and Journalism: A Hanging

Based on Animal Farm by George Orwell

The non-fiction writing of George Orwell opens with his account of an execution in Burma in the 1920s. Read by Clive Merrison.

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  • Type: Adaptation
  • Channel: BBC Radio 4
  • Duration: 13'26''
  • Broadcast date: 2013
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