I read George Orwell’s 1984, picked up at the local library in 1965, when I was in middle school. I read it again in 1968 for ...

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 ...

One of the most intriguing developments in our current unpredictable political climate has been the Left’s co-opting of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 as a dramatic warning of the ...

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’s 1984 has long been hailed as a literary masterpiece, presenting a dystopian future with themes of political corruption that mirror the fears of his generation. More surprisingly ...

The word “Orwellian” is overused. Virtually every party and political faction has been compared with the work of George Orwell at some point. But Republicans have now truly earned the ...

1984, Brave New World, The Handmaid’s Tale — these were all calls to arms.” On February 13, the New York Times published “Orwell’s 1984 or Huxley’s Brave New World?” Truthdig ...

And he goes: ‘Oh, OK!’” Orwell has received some backlash over the years for comments about Jewish people in his book Down and Out in Paris and London. “Was he antisemitic?” Blair asked.