He is easy to quote, but what would the iconoclastic British socialist really have thought about politics today?

George Orwell’s 1984 is one of those works that seems to ... Orwell’s 1984 ends on a haunting note, emphasizing the deep despair that can set in when oppressive forces wear us down.

Credit: Aaron Tam / AFP via Getty Images Saying George Orwell's 1984 is my favorite book is like saying Star Wars is my favorite movie franchise. It would be more accurate to call them obsessions.

George Orwell ... depicted in 1984 is, ultimately, “an impassioned defence of human rights”, says Prof David Dwan. A self-proclaimed democratic socialist and a humanist, Orwell was among ...