George Orwell’s 1984 is a dystopian classic that captures the terror of a society under totalitarian control. Through ...

1984 is George Orwell's dystopian novel that was published in 1949. Although it came out in the late 40s, it is unfortunately still proving relevant today. The novel 1984 takes place in Oceania, which ...

If you’re not familiar with George Orwell, he was a literary rebel with a cause! Born Eric Arthur Blair, he wasn't just about writing; he was all about shaking things up. He used his typewriter to ...

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 organizations behind Banned Books Week based this year's theme, "Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights," on Orwell's sobering story to show we may be closer in real life to his dystopia than ...

George Orwell has shown through his writing that control of memory and history can shape an entire society's future. He has reminded readers that when those in power decide what people remember, they ...

Dystopian novelist George Orwell once wrote or said, "The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history." English writer George Orwell, whose ...

A fresh printing of Orwell's masterpiece at the Hong Kong book fair: This was the book the world needed to read. Credit: Aaron Tam / AFP via Getty Images Saying George Orwell's 1984 is my favorite ...

Literary critics have been studying George Orwell’s novels and essays for almost a century, and it is well-established by now what political ideologies and ideas the writer was against. But by paying ...