George Orwell
author profile
born
June 25, 1903
died
January 21, 1950
gender
male
place of birth
Motihari, Bihar, India
website
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
about this author
Eric Arthur Blair, 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.
Sign up for Goodreads to pick your favorite quotes and books by George Orwell.
avg rating: 3.88
| 376,421 ratings
| 13,607 reviews
| 161 distinct works
|
560 fans
More books by George Orwell…
|
1984 by George Orwell avg rating 4.02 — 167,476 ratings — published 1949 215 editions |
my rating: 
|
|
Animal Farm by George Orwell avg rating 3.72 — 170,017 ratings — published 1945 230 editions |
my rating:
|
|
Animal Farm/1984 by George Orwell avg rating 3.95 — 4,208 ratings — published 2003 18 editions |
my rating:
|
|
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell avg rating 4.02 — 3,656 ratings — published 1933 35 editions |
my rating:
|
|
Homage to Catalonia (Harvest Book) by George Orwell avg rating 4.15 — 2,205 ratings — published 1938 36 editions |
my rating:
|
|
Burmese Days by George Orwell avg rating 3.76 — 1,066 ratings — published 1934 25 editions |
my rating:
|
|
Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell avg rating 3.88 — 877 ratings — published 1936 22 editions |
my rating:
|
|
A Collection of Essays by George Orwell avg rating 4.30 — 629 ratings — published 1954 16 editions |
my rating:
|
|
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell avg rating 3.82 — 656 ratings — published 1937 19 editions |
my rating:
|
|
Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell avg rating 4.17 — 539 ratings — published 1931 5 editions |
my rating:
|
upcoming events
No scheduled events.
"In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
— George Orwell
— George Orwell
tags:
truth
527 people liked it
"He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past."
— George Orwell (1984)
— George Orwell (1984)
"Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. "
— George Orwell
— George Orwell
polls
Which was your least favorite required read in high school/college?
Other (please name in comments)
149 comments Sign in to vote!
topics mentioning this author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Book Challenge: Stephanie's 2009 Book Challenge | 6 | 101 | Mar 04, 2009 10:50AM | |
| The Book Challenge: Michelle Kay's Reads 2009 | 4 | 44 | Apr 17, 2009 12:42AM | |
| The Next Best Boo...: Joy's Personal Reading Goals | 15 | 77 | Jun 04, 2009 08:57AM | |
| The Rory Gilmore ...: 1984 - Part One | 21 | 139 | Jul 02, 2009 02:27AM | |
| The Book Challenge: 7 Classics Challenge | 83 | 504 | Jul 28, 2009 08:49AM | |
| Fantasy Book Club: Hack n Slash or High Fantasy? | 55 | 212 | Aug 04, 2009 07:14AM | |
| 50 Books A Year: Jessica's 50 for 2009 | 46 | 268 | Aug 12, 2009 12:33PM | |
| The Next Best Boo...: The Last Letter Game | 1263 | 1140 | Aug 20, 2009 12:29PM | |
| The Next Best Boo...: Author Alphabet | 2938 | 1881 | Aug 28, 2009 06:59AM |
