Orwell wrote an autobiographical essay, Why I Write, in 1946, in which he pointed out four reasons why writers write. The first is sheer egoism—to express oneself, to be known to all, and to be ...

George Orwell's crusade against the misuse of language resulted in his name becoming an adjective—and his writing becoming ...

At one point in Orwell’s novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936), the protagonist Gordon Comstock meets his girlfriend ...

Is art replicating life when it comes to Orwell’s most influential novel? Emrah Atasoy and Jeffrey Wasserstrom investigate ...

Orwell is feted for the farsightedness of his geopolitical vision as long ago as the 1940s. But a lot of writers were ...

George Orwell's quote highlights the difficulty of recognizing obvious truths obscured by habits and power. He believed intellectual honesty was a moral duty, urging us to question complacency and ...

George Orwell, the famed writer, cautioned against the belief that each new generation is inherently superior. He highlighted that overconfidence, not ignorance, poses a significant danger. Orwell's ...

A trailer has dropped for acclaimed filmmaker Raoul Peck’s Orwell: 2+2=5, which had its premiere at last year’s Cannes Film Festival. Damian Lewis narrates the film as Orwell, the film examining the ...

Nebraska’s high school curriculum standards do not make George Orwell’s “1984” mandatory reading. The state, however, allows ...

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