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1 day ago · Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.
2 days ago · George Orwell (born June 25, 1903, Motihari, Bengal, India—died January 21, 1950, London, England) was an English novelist, essayist, and critic famous for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-four (1949).
- George Orwell wrote the political fable Animal Farm (1944), the anti-utopian novel Nineteen Eighty-four (1949), the unorthodox political treatise T...
- George Orwell won scholarships to two of England’s leading schools, Wellington and Eton colleges. He briefly attended the former before transferrin...
- George Orwell was brought up in an atmosphere of impoverished snobbery, first in India and then in England. His father was a minor British official...
- George Orwell wrote two hugely influential novels: Animal Farm (1944), a satire that allegorically depicted Joseph Stalin’s betrayal of the Russian...
1 day ago · George Orwell, the author of 1984 and Animal Farm ullstein bild via Getty Images. According to Orwell’s son, Richard Blair, the writer thought his novel would “either be a best seller or the ...
21 hours ago · So opens George Orwell’s essay, Bookshop Memories, reminiscing on his time working as an assistant at Booklover’s Corner in Hampstead from October 1934. One of Orwell’s many careers, this role offered him the opportunity to job share with the journalist Jon Kimchee, allowing him the mornings free to write: at the time he was working on ...
21 hours ago · The groundbreaking book 1984 by George Orwell stands as one of the most recognized dystopian novels and still resonates with readers long after it was written. In honor of its publication in 1949 — 75 years ago — we invite you to explore similar work. We will keep the suggestions concise and save the mind-boggling for the books to do!
21 hours ago · Perpetual war. Authoritarian leaders. Mass surveillance. Alternative facts. Back in 1949, when George Orwell published “1984,” this was the dystopian future he imagined. Now, it seems like ...
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1 day ago · On 8 June 1949, George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four was published, but its themes had been present throughout his career. A still from the 1955 adaptation of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo. His first published work, a poem, appeared in the autumn of 1914. ‘Awake!
