For years, social media users on X, Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms have claimed George Orwell, the British author best known for his novels "1984" and "Animal Farm," once said: "At 50 ...

Orwell typed for hours upstairs, sitting on his iron bedstead in a tatty dressing gown, chain-smoking shag tobacco. In May 1947, he felt he had a third of a draft, and in November, a completed one.

In sum, Orwell did not write or say: "The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history." However, the sentiment of the quote appears in ...

For about half an hour or so, Raoul Peck's documentary "Orwell: 2+2=5" is amazingly restrained in the way it deals with author George Orwell, his seminal dystopian novel "1984" and its connections ...

Americans still read George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” 75 years after it was first published on June 8, 1949. At the time, the year 1984 was far in the future — now it’s 40 years ...

Another work of classic literature is at risk of cancellation. by John P. Rossi June 13, 2025, 10:07 PM George Orwell, (Midjourney AI, prompted by Netha Hussain/CC0 1.0/Wikimedia Commons) ...

Maybe Audible has made 2024 America’s “1984,” with our freshly reconsidered antiheroes and love amid climate collapse. But not George Orwell’s.

Overdue copy of George Orwell’s ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ returned to library 50 years later – and it ‘smelled downright awful’ By Caitlin McCormack Published Jan. 21, 2025, 8:28 p.m. ET ...

For about half an hour or so, Raoul Peck’s documentary “Orwell: 2+2=5” is amazingly restrained in the way it deals with author George Orwell, his seminal dystopian novel “1984” and its ...