Essays on George Orwell

June 25, 1903, Motihari, India

January 21, 1950, University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Novelist, Essayist, Journalist, Literary Critic

Dystopia, Roman à Clef, Satire

Anti-fascism, Anti-Stalinism, Anarchism, Democratic Socialism, Literary Criticism, Journalism, Polemic

• 1984
• Down and Out in Paris and London
• Animal Farm
• Homage to Catalonia
• Burmese Days
• Keep the Aspidistra Flying
• The Lion and the Unicorn
• A Clergyman’s Daughter
• Coming Up for Air
• Shooting an Elephant

• "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
• "Big Brother is watching you."
• "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."

25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950

George Orwell was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic.

Anti-fascism, anti-Stalinism, anarchism, democratic socialism, literary criticism, journalism, and polemic.

“A Clergyman’s Daughter”, “A Hanging”, “Animal Farm”, “Burmese Days”, “Coming Up for Air”, “Down and Out in Paris and London”, “Homage to Catalonia”, “Keep the Aspidistra Flying”, “Nineteen Eighty-four”, “Shooting an Elephant”, “Such, Such Were the Joys”, “The Lion and the Unicorn”, “The Road to Wigan Pier”.

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”