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George Orwell ( 25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was the pen name of British novelist, essayist, and journalist Eric Arthur Blair, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and strong support of democratic socialism . See also:
George Orwell was an English novelist, essayist, and critic famous for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-four (1949), the fictionalized but autobiographical Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War.
Followed by. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Animal Farm is a satirical allegorical novella, in the form of a beast fable, [1] by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. [2] [3] It tells the story of a group of anthropomorphic farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal ...
Feb 16, 2016 · British writer George Orwell’s writing and democratic-socialist political beliefs are the subject of a new book by English Professor Alex Woloch. (Image credit: Eric Arthur) And much of this is ...
Edward Cummings. 8 min read. George Orwell was a hard working writer in more ways than one, not only producing vast amounts of written work but prepared throughout his short life to immerse himself in his subject matter and get his hands dirty to ensure authenticity and a better informed reader. Born in India in 1903 and christened Eric Blair ...
Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell) föddes den 25 juni 1903 som son till angloindiska föräldrar [ 7] i Motihari i Bengalen (idag i Bihar), då en del av Brittiska Indien. Där arbetade hans far, Richard Walmesley Blair, vid en myndighet där han övervakade framställning av opium.
George Orwell. War is war. The only good human being is a dead one. George Orwell. The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.
