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George Orwell

Born

in Motihari, Bengal Presidency, British India

June 25, 1903

Died

January 21, 1950

Website

http://www.george-orwell.org/

Genre

Fiction, Politics, Journalism

Influences

Charles Dickens, Jonathan Swift, Charles Reade, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Gust ...more

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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 authoritarian communism and fascism), 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 R ...more

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	1984 by George Orwell, Thomas Pynchon (Foreword) 4.20 avg rating — 5,279,680 ratings — published 1949 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animal Farm by George Orwell, Russell Baker (Preface), C.M. Woodhouse (Introduction) 4.01 avg rating — 4,399,758 ratings — published 1945 — 1570 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animal Farm / 1984 by George Orwell, Christopher Hitchens (Introduction) 4.30 avg rating — 212,377 ratings — published 1949 — 324 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Down and Out in Paris and London 4.09 avg rating — 98,378 ratings — published 1933 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Homage to Catalonia 4.09 avg rating — 69,052 ratings — published 1938 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burmese Days 3.87 avg rating — 31,545 ratings — published 1934 — 439 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell, Richard Hoggart (Introduction) 3.91 avg rating — 27,603 ratings — published 1937 — 466 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keep the Aspidistra Flying 3.89 avg rating — 24,627 ratings — published 1936 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coming up for Air 3.78 avg rating — 20,777 ratings — published 1939 — 143 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why I Write 4.01 avg rating — 14,455 ratings — published 1946 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters (4 books)
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