George Orwell

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George Orwell


Born
in Motihari, Bengal Presidency, British India
June 25, 1903

Died
January 21, 1950

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Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism (both fascism and stalinism), and support of democratic socialism.

Orwell is best known for his allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), although his works also encompass literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the industrial north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the
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Animal Farm

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4.02 avg rating — 4,498,956 ratings — published 1945 — 73 editions
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Animal Farm / 1984

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Down and Out in Paris and L...

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Homage to Catalonia

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Burmese Days

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The Road to Wigan Pier

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Keep the Aspidistra Flying

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Coming up for Air

3.78 avg rating — 21,359 ratings — published 1939 — 343 editions
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Why I Write

4.01 avg rating — 15,061 ratings — published 1946 — 69 editions
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Quotes by George Orwell  (?)
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“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

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September 21-27, 2014 is Banned Books Week. In honor of the first amendment, I have picked a few challenged or banned books for us to vote on for our September book. The selections range from classic to contemporary.

"The books the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame" --Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde

Brave New World/ Brave New World Revisited Brave New World/Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley Aldous Huxley
 
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1984 1984 by George Orwell George Orwell
 
  1 vote, 25.0%

Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska by John Green John Green
 
  1 vote, 25.0%

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Sherman Alexie
 
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