George Orwell
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair, who used the pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 June 1903
CityMotihari, India
pedants poet joyce
Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant.
liberty ribbons
Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than just ribbons?
past nineteen 1984-important
He was alone. The past was dead, the future was unimaginable.
flower fruit should
Why should be fruit be held inferior to the flower?
people temptation saint
Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings.
beautiful style hips
She's beautiful,' he murmured. 'She's a metre across the hips, easily,' said Julia. 'That is her style of beauty,' said Winston.
war civilization cities
To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.
art war memorable
The Ministry of Truth, which concerned itself with news, entertainment, education and fine arts. The Ministry of Peace, which concerned itself with war. The Ministry of Love, which maintained law and order. And the Ministry of Plenty, which is responsible for economic affairs. their names, in Newspeak: Minitrue, Minipax, Miniluv and Miniplenty
party fighting warrior
The ideal set up by the Party was something huge, terrible, and glittering-a world of steel and concrete, of monstrous machines and terrifying weapons-a nation of warriors and fanatics, marching forward in perfect unity, all thinking the same thoughts and shouting the same slogans, perpetually working, fighting, triumphing, persecuting-three hundred million people all with the same face.
war battle eton
Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.
war lying drug
Records told the same tale, then the lie passed into history and became truth.
war atheism would-be
A peace that is truly permanent would be the same as a permanent war.
men long important
Now he had recognized himself as a dead man it became important to stay alive as long as possible.
book majority doe
Until one has some kind of professional relationship with books, one does not discover how bad the majority of them are.