Rabindranath Tagore was the author of poems, short stories, songs, plays, and essays, and his works transformed Bengali literature. Like Tagore, George Orwell was born in India. Orwell became an…

A fresh account of the development and achievement of the novelist and essayist who became Britain’s greatest political writer of modern times.

Tanya Agathocleous’s concise biography is enhanced by sidebars and picture captions which include numerous excerpts from Orwell’s journalistic and literary writings. A final chapter explores Orwell’s cultural legacy–his lasting contributions…

An indelible part of 21st century social reality, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four has gifted our culture this cautionary warning and pitch-black absurdist autobiography, Orwell's words now rings more relevant than…

The articles collected in George Orwell’s Essays illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century. This outstanding collection brings together Orwell’s longer, major…

Nineteen Eighty-Four paints the bleak picture of a society in which all information is controlled by the government, also known as Big Brother. This book is suitable for students interested…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public…

Beginning with a preface by Richard Blair, Orwell’s son, George Orwell Now! brings together thirteen chapters by leading international scholars in four thematic sections. Peter Stansky, in an Afterword, argues…