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Overdue copy of George Orwell’s ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ returned to library 50 years later – and it ‘smelled downright awful’
A George Orwell book checked out of a library in the United Kingdom 50 years ago was finally returned by a mortified borrower. The hard-cover book of George Orwell’s “Road to Wigan Pier” was ...
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George Orwell is the most influential post-war British author, and his prescient writing remains part of our language
George Orwell was the most influential British writer since 1945. Many of his neologisms – such as ‘Big Brother’, ‘Thought ...
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1984 author George Orwell celebrated on new Royal Mint £2 coin
George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm, will be celebrated on a new £2 coin design. Released to mark 75 years since ...
Why everything you thought you knew about George Orwell is wrong
He’s one of Britain’s most beloved – and misunderstood – writers. 75 years on, here’s all the ways the 1984 author’s legacy has been abused ...
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George Orwell Gets His Own £2 Coin Featuring an All-Seeing Eye
The United Kingdom’s Royal Mint is releasing a new coin honoring George Orwell on the 75th anniversary of his death. The £2 ...
‘Big Brother is watching you': Collector’s coin marks George Orwell’s death 75 years ago
A commemorative coin featuring the image of an eye and the inscription “Big Brother is watching you” is being released to pay tribute to “Nineteen Eighty-four” author George Orwell and mark his death ...
The British Raj through George Orwell’s eyes: How colonial India shaped the literary legend
George Orwell's years in the British Raj ignited a firestorm of ideas that would shape the world’s most iconic warnings ...