![]() ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ was set in an imaginary totalitarian future and the book made a huge impact on its readers with its title and many phrases such as ‘Big Brother is watching you’, ‘newspeak’ and ‘doublethink’ – becoming very popular and widely used. This novel brought Orwell the first taste of financial success. Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ was a political fable set in a farmyard but based on Stalin’s betrayal of the Russian Revolution. George Orwell was basically a socialist and he had strong views against imperialism, fascism, Stalinism, and capitalism and his works were based on them. His early works were most autobiographical – Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), Burmese Days (1934), The Road to Wigan Pier (1937) and Homage to Catalonia (1938). ![]() He also fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the Republicans in 1936 and was seriously wounded. He spent his life at various places – Eton, India, Burma and Europe. He is remembered to date for his highly satirical novels that reflected his controversial sociopolitical views- Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. ![]() George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist and essayist was born Eric Arthur Blair in the state of Bengal in India. ![]()
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