One of the most intriguing developments in our current unpredictable political climate has been the Left’s co-opting of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 as a dramatic warning of the ...

Each week,we will explain why the book deserves to be on the list. This week, it’s 1984 by George Orwell. What’s the book about? Published in 1949, 1984 is a dystopian novel about a future ...

George Orwell ... depicted in 1984 is, ultimately, “an impassioned defence of human rights”, says Prof David Dwan. A self-proclaimed democratic socialist and a humanist, Orwell was among ...

He was adopted by Eric Blair - better known by his pen name of George Orwell. Orwell's novel 1984 was the origin of the popular understanding of "Big Brother" and "Room 101". Mr Blair told BBC ...

George Orwell, edited by Peter Davison, intro. by Christopher Hitchens. Norton/Liveright, $39.95 (608p) ISBN 978-0-871-40410-7 Reviewed by David Brooks. George Orwell has become a literary saint ...