![]() ![]() His prescience cast such a long shadow over twentieth century that we are in many ways still living within it today.Įdited by John Rodden, a renowned Orwell scholar, this volume in the Critical Insights series presents a variety of new essays on the British writer. ![]() ![]() With the advent of surveillance, the spread of euphemistic corporate and political jargon, and the growing prevalence of demagogic rhetoric, the early decades of the twenty first century have shown Orwell to have been right about much more than the dangers of communism. Though both novels were written as critiques of communist Russia, their relevance has endured for decades after the end of the Cold War. "Big Brother Is Watching You," "Two plus two make five," "Some animals are more equal than others"… George Orwell's two famous novels, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, have added numerous phrases to the lexicon we use to describe our world. A great starting point for students seeking an introduction to Orwell and the critical discussions surrounding his work. ![]()
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