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George Orwell
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Series
Language
English
Description
While the totalitarianism that provoked George Orwell into writing 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' seems to be passing into oblivion, his harrowing, cautionary tale of a man trapped in a political nightmare has had the opposite fate, and its relevance and power to disturb our complacency seem to grow decade by decade.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Over the course of his career, George Orwell wrote about many things, but no matter what he wrote the goal was to get at the fundamental truths of the world. He had no place for dissemblers, liars, conmen, or frauds, and he made his feelings well-known. In Orwell on Truth, excerpts from across Orwell's career show how his writing and worldview developed over the decades, profoundly shaped by his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, and further by...
9) Animal farm
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Animal farm, Britain's first animated feature, is based on George Orwell's classic novel. It is set on a farm in England and depicts a revolution by the resident animals vs. Farmer Jones. The use of the animals to represent the different social classes is masterful.