In the world of “1984,” not only are statistics invented, but they are also continually reinvented to serve the needs of Big ...
George Orwell’s 1984 is a dystopian classic that captures the terror of a society under totalitarian control. Through ...
Big Brother, the all-seeing dictator in 1984, as seen in the film version of the novel released in 1984 starring John Hurt as Winston Smith - Collection Christophel/Alamy Stock Photo George Orwell’s ...
Washington, D.C.'s public library is sponsoring a public reading of the entirety of 1984, from "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen," down to the final moment when ...
George Orwell was the pseudonym for Eric Arthur Blair, who was born in Motihari, India, on June 25, 1903. His father, Richard Blair, was a British civil servant stationed in India. About a year after ...
The regime in George Orwell’s “1984” declared “War is Peace — Freedom is Slavery — Ignorance is Strength.” The dystopian fiction drew flocks of book buyers after Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway’s ...
GEORGE Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 had “doublegood” sales after one of Trump’s advisers used the phrase “alternative facts” in an interview, and the saying has caught on. Kellyanne Conway’s ...
When George Orwell penned his now-famous dystopian novel, “1984” — released 67 years ago in June 1949 — it was intended as fiction. The futuristic setting is more than three decades in our rearview ...
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A haunting reminder of why Orwell still matters

Clips and pictures from the actual life of George Orwell were very interesting. Orwell had tuberculosis, and the news clips ...