George Orwell
Brave New World
In the end, it was Aldous Huxley, not George Orwell (whom Huxley taught at Eton), whose vision of the future had the touch of prophecy. The modern world did not collapse into the cold, damp totalitarian hell Orwell described in his 1948 novel 1984.
Cliffs Notes: Orwell's 1984
If your latest assignment has you so confused that you're actually beginning to think that 2 + 2 does equal 5, then let CliffsNotes on 1984help you navigate the tumultuous waters of George Orwell's dystopian world of Oceania.
Journalism
Part I: Authorship & Craft 1. Introduction 2. George Orwell, "Why I Write" 3. V.S. Naipaul, "On Being a Writer" 4. Joan Didion, "Why I Write" 5. Salman Rushdie, "In Good Faith" 6. George Plimpton, "Maya Angelou" 7. Robert Stone, "The Reason for Stories" 8.
Animal Farm (Unabridged)
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George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is an intimate part of our contemporary culture....
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
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There is no other novel quite like The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. George Orwell called it "a wonderful book"; its readers have become a living part of its remarkable history....
The Road to Wigan Pier
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George Orwell eloquently evokes the lives of poor miners and laborers in the north of England during the 1930s. As always, Orwel Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.