Pagine1903–1950 · Motihari, India · also known as Eric Arthur Blair, Orwell
George Orwell (born Eric Blair) was a police officer in Burma, lived among the poor of Paris and London, and fought in the Spanish Civil War before writing the two books that gave us “Orwellian.” Animal Farm (1945) is a fable about a revolution that betrays itself; Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) imagines a surveillance state with Big Brother, doublethink and the Thought Police. His essays, such as “Politics and the English Language,” are still models of clear writing.
Begin with Animal Farm.
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George Orwell (born Eric Blair) was a police officer in Burma, lived among the poor of Paris and London, and fought in the Spanish Civil War before writing the two books that gave us “Orwellian.” Animal Farm (1945) is a fable about a revolution that betrays itself; Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) imagines a surveillance state with Big Brother, doublethink and the Thought Police. His essays, such as “Politics and the English Language,” are still models of clear writing.
Animal Farm is usually considered George Orwell’s best-known work, followed by Nineteen Eighty-Four, Down and Out in Paris and London, Homage to Catalonia.
Most readers start with Animal Farm.
Both refer to the same writer. Other spellings and names include Eric Arthur Blair, Orwell.
George Orwell’s books are still under copyright, so they are not free to download, but many can be borrowed free from your public library or Open Library — we link to them below.