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The Greatest Works Of George Orwell (5 Books) Including 1984 & Non-Fiction
A Must Have collection for Readers of George Orwell. The collection has best-known novels, "Animal Farm", "1984"; two of the most famous, well-quoted and influential political satires ever written. The other novels in this volume has, "Down and Out in Paris & London", "Homage To Catalonia", and "The Road To Wigan Pier".All the novels brought together here display Orwell's humour, his understanding of human nature and his great compassion.
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1153 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 11, 2020
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George Orwell
1,306 books51.1k followersEric 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 Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture.
Orwell's work remains influential in popular culture and in political culture, and the adjective "Orwellian"—describing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices—is part of the English language, like many of his neologisms, such as "Big Brother", "Thought Police", "Room 101", "Newspeak", "memory hole", "doublethink", and "thoughtcrime". In 2008, The Times named Orwell the second-greatest British writer since 1945.
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 Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture.
Orwell's work remains influential in popular culture and in political culture, and the adjective "Orwellian"—describing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices—is part of the English language, like many of his neologisms, such as "Big Brother", "Thought Police", "Room 101", "Newspeak", "memory hole", "doublethink", and "thoughtcrime". In 2008, The Times named Orwell the second-greatest British writer since 1945.
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February 17, 2021
Orwell the socialist
These books have me an unexpected appreciation of Orwell's socialist bent and the irony of his works imparting a warning of the tyranny of a socialist state.
These books have me an unexpected appreciation of Orwell's socialist bent and the irony of his works imparting a warning of the tyranny of a socialist state.
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