For many, “1984” by George Orwell is one of those books. Its impact on science-fiction and pop culture is far-reaching. “Big ...

Ranging from 1911, during Orwell’s school days, until his death in 1950, George Orwell, Author, George Packer, Compiled by, compiled and with an intro. by George Packer. Harcourt $25 (308p ...

Orwell’s book is not the set piece and tour de force that E. M. Forster’s “A Passage to India” was; but the author, who was born in Bengal and served in the Burmese police, is ...

Although the war found the Government revolutionary, the Fascists rebellious, and the Communists both anti-revolutionary and bourgeois, Orwell's book didn't deal with these complexities.

Despite being published in 1949 at the tail end of World War II, I think George Orwell's fictional novel, 1984, is still as relevant today as it was back then. The book is set in the fictional state ...

The author, George Orwell, published Animal Farm in 1945. He was inspired by the 1917 Russian Revolution. Animal Farm explores themes like power, hope and lies, and shows how greed can destroy ...