George Orwell
Finding George Orwell In Burma
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In the 1920s, George Orwell spent five years in Burma working as a policeman for the British colonial government--an experience Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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George Orwell
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Examines the life of George Orwell, the English author of Animal Farm and 1984, and discusses the political and social criticism disclosed in his work. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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George Orwell, Doubleness and the Value of Decency
In its analysis of Animal Farm, Burmese Days, Keep the Aspidistra Flying and Nineteen Eighty-Four, this book argues that George Orwell's fiction and non-fiction weigh the benefits and costs of a doubled perspective.
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Why Orwell Matters
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In this appreciation, Christopher Hitchens identifies George Orwell`s three major contributions to the world of ideas: his negative takes on imperialism, fascism, and communism--written at a time when such attitudes were by no means universal.
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Cliffsnotes On Orwell's 1984
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George Orwell's celebrated 1948 vision of a world subsumed in tyranny and war describes the process of events by which Winston S Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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Brave New World
In the end, it was Aldous Huxley, not George Orwell (whom Huxley taught at Eton), whose vision of the future had the touch of prophecy. The modern world did not collapse into the cold, damp totalitarian hell Orwell described in his 1948 novel 1984.
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