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Who Was George Orwell?
George Orwell was an English novelist, essayist and critic most famous for his novels ‘Animal Farm’ (1945) and ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ (1949). George Orwell was a novelist, essayist and critic best known for his novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. He was a man of strong opinions who addressed some of the major political movements of his times, including imperialism, fascism and communism.
Family and Early Life:
Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari, India, on June 25, 1903. The son of a British civil servant, Orwell spent his first days in India, where his father was stationed. His mother brought him and his older sister, Marjorie, to England about a year after his birth and settled in Henley-on-Thames. His father stayed behind in India and rarely visited. (His younger sister, Avril, was born in 1908. Orwell didn’t really know his father until he retired from the service in 1912. And even after that, the pair never formed a strong bond. He found his father to be dull and conservative.
George Orwell’s Most Famous Books:
Sometimes called the conscience of a generation, Orwell is best known for two novels: Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Both books, published toward the end of Orwell’s life, have been turned into films and enjoyed tremendous popularity over the years.
‘Animal Farm’ (1945)
Animal Farm was an anti-Soviet satire in a pastoral setting featuring two pigs as its main protagonists. These pigs were said to represent Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky. The novel brought Orwell great acclaim and financial rewards.
‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ (1949)
Orwell’s masterwork, Nineteen Eighty-Four (or 1984 in later editions), was published in the late stages of his battle with tuberculosis and soon before his death. This bleak vision of the world divided into three oppressive nations stirred up controversy among reviewers, who found this fictional future too despairing. In the novel, Orwell gave readers a glimpse into what would happen if the government controlled every detail of a person’s life, down to their own private thoughts.
1984
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often published as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by English novelist George Orwell.
More info →Animal Farm
Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945.
More info →A Clergyman’s Daughter
A Clergyman's Daughter is a 1935 novel by English author George Orwell.
More info →Burmese Days
Burmese Days is the first novel by English writer George Orwell, published in 1934. Set in British Burma during the waning days of Empire.
More info →Coming Up For Air
Coming Up for Air is the seventh book by English writer George Orwell, published in June 1939 by Victor Gollancz. It was written between 1938 and 1939 while Orwell spent time recuperating from illness.
More info →Down and Out in Paris and London
Down and Out in Paris and London is the first full-length work by the English author George Orwell, published in 1933.
More info →Fifty Essays
This excellent collection brings together Orwell's longer, major essays and a fine selection of shorter pieces.
More info →Homage to Catalonia
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting for the POUM militia of the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War.
More info →Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Keep the Aspidistra Flying, first published in 1936, is a socially critical novel by George Orwell.
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