George Orwell - Livros e Cigarros

The last (and longest) essay in this volume is a unique case in Orwell's work.

In 'Such, Such Were the Joys', he revisits his childhood and, in particular, the painful experiences at St. Cyprian's preparatory school, fiercely criticizing the education system and the prevailing mentality in English society at the time. Given the deeply personal nature of this essay, Orwell, who completed it in 1947, left instructions for it to be published only after his death, which it was. And it is in this moving text that we finally perceive the genesis of Orwell's indomitable spirit, his determination to resist tyranny and maintain dignity—in a word, the certainty that the weak have the right to rebel against the established order.