George Orwell


Born
in Motihari, Bihar, India
June 25, 1903

Died
January 21, 1950

Website

Genre

Influences


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.

In addition to his literary career Orwell served as a police officer with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma from 1922-1927 and fought with the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War from 1936-1937. Orwell was severely wounded when he was shot through his throat. Later the organization that he had joined when he joined the Republican cause, The Workers Party of Marxist Unification (POUM), was painted by the pro-Soviet Communists as a
...more

Average rating: 4.08 · 6,392,689 ratings · 147,616 reviews · 404 distinct worksSimilar authors
1984

4.19 avg rating — 3,184,884 ratings — published 1949 — 1681 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Animal Farm

by
3.95 avg rating — 2,773,664 ratings — published 1945 — 2109 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Animal Farm / 1984

by
4.29 avg rating — 165,820 ratings — published 1948 — 78 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Down and Out in Paris and L...

4.09 avg rating — 63,642 ratings — published 1933 — 289 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Homage to Catalonia

by
4.10 avg rating — 44,127 ratings — published 1938 — 332 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Burmese Days

3.86 avg rating — 21,491 ratings — published 1934 — 236 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Road to Wigan Pier

by
3.92 avg rating — 15,860 ratings — published 1937 — 241 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Keep the Aspidistra Flying

3.89 avg rating — 15,979 ratings — published 1936 — 184 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Coming Up for Air

3.79 avg rating — 12,287 ratings — published 1939 — 197 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Shooting an Elephant

4.12 avg rating — 7,919 ratings — published 1936 — 40 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by George Orwell…
An Age Like This: 1920-1940 My Country Right or Left: 1... As I Please: 1943-1945 In Front of Your Nose: 1945...
(4 books)
by
4.36 avg rating — 1,466 ratings

Related News

    Pulitzer Prize–winning literary critic Michiko Kakutani, the former chief book critic of The New York Times, is the author of the newly...
56 likes · 13 comments
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman's new memoir, Sounds Like Titanic, may be the quirkiest nonfiction book of the spring. It chronicles her time...
32 likes · 5 comments
“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
George Orwell, 1984

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
George Orwell, 1984

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
George Orwell

Polls

What do you think is the best book you ever read?

1984 by George Orwell (also wrote animal farm) 1984 by George Orwell George Orwell
 
  1 vote 100.0%

Harry Potter series Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling J.K. Rowling
 
  0 votes 0.0%

The hunger games (includes catching fire and mockingjay) Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins
 
  0 votes 0.0%

Twilight series Twilight (Twilight, #1) by Stephenie Meyer Stephenie Meyer
 
  0 votes 0.0%

1 total vote
More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
The Book Challenge: Michelle Kay's Reads 2009 4 1099 Apr 17, 2009 12:42AM  
The Next Best Boo...: Joy's Personal Reading Goals 15 266 Jun 04, 2009 08:57AM  
Challenge: 50 Books: Jessica's 50 for 2009 46 566 Aug 12, 2009 12:33PM  
Challenge: 50 Books: Evan's 50 for 2009 42 655 Sep 08, 2009 11:24AM  
The Next Best Boo...: Favourite Authors from your native country 44 542 Sep 20, 2009 10:54AM  
The Seasonal Read...: Math Tasks 77 386 Oct 02, 2009 04:19PM