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George Orwell

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born
June 25, 1903 in Motihari, Bihar, India

died
January 21, 1950

gender
male

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genre
Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

influences
W. Somerset Maugham, Trotsky, Dickens, H.G. Wells, Jack London, Huxley...more


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Eric Arthur Blair,better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social injustice, an intense opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language, and a belief in democratic socialism.

Considered perhaps the twentieth century's best chronicler of English culture, Orwell wrote fiction, polemical journalism, literary criticism and poetry. He is best known for the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (published in 1949) and the satirical novella Animal Farm (1945)—they have together sold more copies than any two books by any other twentieth-century author. His 1938 book Homage to Catalonia, an account of his experiences as a...more


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Average rating: 3.86 · 1,336,348 ratings · 27,851 reviews · 119 distinct works
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 678,129 ratings — published 1945 — 313 editions
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 604,822 ratings — published 1949 — 348 editions
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 13,162 ratings — published 1991 — 28 editions
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Down and Out in Paris and L...
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 10,878 ratings — published 1933 — 59 editions
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Homage to Catalonia
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 6,357 ratings — published 1938 — 57 editions
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Burmese Days
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 3,551 ratings — published 1934 — 56 editions
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 2,808 ratings — published 1936 — 6 editions
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The Road to Wigan Pier
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 2,234 ratings — published 1937
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Shooting an Elephant
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 1,672 ratings — published 1931 — 5 editions
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A Collection of Essays
4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 1,425 ratings — published 1954 — 4 editions
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Quotes by George Orwell

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
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“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984
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“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
― George Orwell, 1984
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