A new introduction in the 75th anniversary edition of George Orwell's classic novel about "thoughtcrime" landed at the center ...

When people use the term “Orwellian,” it’s not a good sign. It usually characterizes an action, an individual or a society ...

What George Orwell feared were those who would ban books. ... writing Down and Out in Paris and London and The Road to Wigan Pier, and the poverty that he saw at the ends of empire.

It what may be one of the great ironies of the last couple of years, the 75th anniversary edition of George Orwell’s classic ...

The actor-turned-director's updated adaptation of the 1945 classic premiered at the Annecy animation film festival this week: ...

He took the name George Orwell, shortly before its publication ... By now he was a prolific journalist, writing articles, ...

George Orwell’s son Richard Blair says he feels uncomfortable with some of the author’s work. Orwell’s writing made a global impact, but its legacy has been marred by claims of misogyny and ...

Orwell had a thoroughly professional approach to writing and a finished style, though his literary judgments were sometimes eccentric. As mentioned above, he would canvass Gissing, quite seriously ...

As if writing about the icon he would become, Orwell noted: “Dickens is one of those writers who are felt to be worth stealing. He has been stolen by Marxists, by Catholics and, above all, by ...