George Orwell




George Orwell

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born June 25, 1903
died January 21, 1950
gender male
place of birth Motihari, Bihar, India
genre Literature & Fiction
influences W. Somerset Maugham, Trotsky, Dickens, H.G. Wells, Jack London, Huxley, Henry Fielding, Zola, Flaubert, Leo Tolstoy, Tom Wintringham, Yevgeny Zamyatin, James Joyce, Upton Sinclair

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Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. Noted as a novelist and critic as well as a political and cultural commentator, Orwell is among the most widely admired English-language essayists of the 20th century. He is best known for two novels critical of totalitarianism in general, and Stalinism in particular: Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Both were written and published towards the end of his life.

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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by George Orwell
avg rating 4.10 — 50901 ratings — published 1953
134 editions
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Animal Farm: Centennial Editio... Animal Farm: Centennial Edition (Paperback)
by George Orwell
avg rating 3.81 — 43487 ratings — published 1945
171 editions
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Animal Farm/1984 Animal Farm/1984 (Hardcover)
by George Orwell
avg rating 4.04 — 1327 ratings — published 2006
15 editions
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Homage to Catalonia Homage to Catalonia (Harvest Book)
by George Orwell
avg rating 4.17 — 1054 ratings — published 1955
27 editions
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Burmese Days Burmese Days (Hardcover)
by George Orwell
avg rating 3.82 — 452 ratings — published 1934
18 editions
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics)
by George Orwell
avg rating 3.81 — 351 ratings — published 2001
18 editions
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A Collection of Essays A Collection of Essays (Paperback)
by George Orwell
avg rating 4.33 — 304 ratings — published 1954
4 editions
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The Road to Wigan Pier The Road to Wigan Pier (Penguin Modern Classics)
by George Orwell
avg rating 3.79 — 286 ratings — published 2001
16 editions
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Shooting an Elephant Shooting an Elephant (Penguin Modern Classics)
by George Orwell
avg rating 4.19 — 242 ratings — published 2003
3 editions
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Why I Write Why I Write (Penguin Great Ideas)
by George Orwell
avg rating 4.06 — 225 ratings — published 2005
3 editions
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quotes by George Orwell

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"In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
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"He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past."
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"Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."
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