Orwell's Roses (Rebecca Solnit)

Roses, pleasure, and politics: a fresh take on Orwell as an avid gardener, whose political writing was grounded in his passion for the natural world. 'Outside my work the thing I care most about is gardening' wrote George Orwell in 1940. Inspired by her encounter with the surviving roses that Orwell planted in his cottage in Hertfordshire, Rebecca Solnit explores how his involvement with plants, particularly flowers, illuminates his other commitments as a writer and antifascist, and the intertwined politics of nature and power.

Author:: Rebecca Solnit
Narrator:: Rebecca Solnit
Content:: Unabridged (chapter list)
Length:: 7:52 h
Format:: MP3 download (318 MB)
Language:: English
Publisher:: Granta Books (2021)
Genre:: Biographies & Autobiographies
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01 - Chapter 1	0:11	1 MB
02 - Chapter 2	0:14	1 MB
03 - Chapter 3	25:46	17 MB
04 - Chapter 4	12:16	8 MB
05 - Chapter 5	56:41	38 MB
06 - Chapter 6	8:30	5 MB
07 - Chapter 7	8:51	6 MB
08 - Chapter 8	22:27	15 MB
09 - Chapter 9	15:34	10 MB
10 - Chapter 10	8:04	5 MB
11 - Chapter 11	21:29	14 MB
12 - Chapter 12	13:06	8 MB
13 - Chapter 13	19:19	13 MB
14 - Chapter 14	18:01	12 MB
15 - Chapter 15	22:31	15 MB
16 - Chapter 16	7:12	4 MB
17 - Chapter 17	14:55	10 MB
18 - Chapter 18	14:16	9 MB
19 - Chapter 19	8:17	5 MB
20 - Chapter 20	14:08	9 MB
21 - Chapter 21	9:37	6 MB
22 - Chapter 22	13:33	9 MB
23 - Chapter 23	16:51	11 MB
24 - Chapter 24	13:55	9 MB
25 - Chapter 25	12:34	8 MB
26 - Chapter 26	24:20	16 MB
27 - Chapter 27	31:29	21 MB
28 - Chapter 28	28:56	19 MB
29 - Chapter 29	7:40	5 MB
30 - Chapter 30	0:35	1 MB

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Summary

Roses, pleasure, and politics: a fresh take on Orwell as an avid gardener, whose political writing was grounded in his passion for the natural world.

'Outside my work the thing I care most about is gardening' wrote George Orwell in 1940. Inspired by her encounter with the surviving roses that Orwell planted in his cottage in Hertfordshire, Rebecca Solnit explores how his involvement with plants, particularly flowers, illuminates his other commitments as a writer and antifascist, and the intertwined politics of nature and power.

Following his journey from the coal mines of England to taking up arms in the Spanish Civil War; from his prescient critique of Stalin to his analysis of the relationship between lies and authoritarianism, Solnit encounters a more hopeful Orwell, whose love of nature pulses through his work and actions. And in her dialogue with the author, she makes fascinating forays into colonial legacies in the flower garden, discovers photographer Tina Modotti's roses, reveals Stalin's obsession with growing lemons in impossibly cold conditions, and exposes the brutal rose industry in Colombia.

A fresh reading of a towering figure of the 20th century which finds solace and solutions for the political and environmental challenges we face today, Orwell's Roses is a remarkable reflection on pleasure, beauty and joy as acts of resistance.

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