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Hace 1 día · Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.
31 de may. de 2024 · Novelista crítico y visionario, George Orwell reflejó en su obra literaria la cara más oscura de los totalitarismos del siglo XX y vaticinó algunos de los cambios sociales que han determinado el presente.
Hace 2 días · George Orwell was an English novelist, essayist, and critic famous for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-four (1949), the fictionalized but autobiographical Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War.
- George Orwell wrote the political fable Animal Farm (1944), the anti-utopian novel Nineteen Eighty-four (1949), the unorthodox political treatise T...
- George Orwell won scholarships to two of England’s leading schools, Wellington and Eton colleges. He briefly attended the former before transferrin...
- George Orwell was brought up in an atmosphere of impoverished snobbery, first in India and then in England. His father was a minor British official...
- George Orwell wrote two hugely influential novels: Animal Farm (1944), a satire that allegorically depicted Joseph Stalin’s betrayal of the Russian...
Hace 23 horas · So opens George Orwell’s essay, Bookshop Memories, reminiscing on his time working as an assistant at Booklover’s Corner in Hampstead from October 1934. One of Orwell’s many careers, this role offered him the opportunity to job share with the journalist Jon Kimchee, allowing him the mornings free to write: at the time he was working on Keep the Aspidistra Flying .
22 de may. de 2024 · How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature? Many people know nothing more about Orwell than his most famous novels. However, he led a turbulent life marked by ill health, war, and a fatal commitment to democratic socialism.
Hace 4 días · A special event and drinks reception on 25th June, George Orwell’s birthday, with biographers D. J. Taylor and Ariane Bankes, both authors of new books shedding light on Orwell’s life and influential friends. Guided tours of George Orwell’s London, including many of the locations which inspired the novel, such as the ‘Ministry of Truth’.
Hace 23 horas · On: June 7, 2024. En 1949, George Orwell publicó su novela distópica más famosa, “1984”, una crítica mordaz a los regímenes totalitarios. La obra, cuyo título fue ideado al invertir los números del año de su escritura, 1948, presenta un mundo futuro en el que la sociedad es controlada por un gobierno totalitario liderado por ‘El ...
