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    critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell, a name inspired by his favourite place, the River Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose,...
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  • cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime...
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    The Orwells are an American rock band from Elmhurst, a suburb west of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The members include Mario Cuomo (vocals), Dominic...
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  • In 1949, shortly before he died, the English author George Orwell prepared a list of notable writers and other people he considered to be unsuitable as...
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  • The Orwell Prize is a British prize for political writing. The Prize is awarded by The Orwell Foundation, an independent charity (Registered Charity No...
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  • Look up Orwell in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Orwell may refer to: George Orwell, pen name of English author Eric Arthur Blair (1903–1950), who took...
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    The bibliography of George Orwell includes journalism, essays, novels, and non-fiction books written by the British writer Eric Blair (1903–1950), either...
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  • 1918 – 11 December 1980), better known as Sonia Orwell, was the second wife of writer George Orwell. Sonia is believed to be the model for Julia, the...
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    Animal Farm (category Novels by George Orwell)
    satirical allegorical novella, in the form of a beast fable, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It tells the story of a group...
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    Big Brother is a character and symbol in George Orwell's dystopian 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is ostensibly the leader of Oceania, a totalitarian...
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    The River Orwell flows through the county of Suffolk in England from Ipswich to Felixstowe. Above Ipswich, the river is known as the River Gipping, but...
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    Eileen Blair (redirect from Eileen Orwell)
    O'Shaughnessy, 25 September 1905 – 29 March 1945) was the first wife of George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair). During World War II, she worked for the Censorship...
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    Eighty-Four by George Orwell. As a theme and as a subject in the arts, the anti-intellectual slogan 2 + 2 = 5 pre-dates Orwell and has produced literature...
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  • The Orwell Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales, the aim of which is "to perpetuate the achievements of the British writer George Orwell...
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    The Orwell Bridge is a concrete box girder bridge just south of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. Opened to road traffic in 1982, the bridge carries the A14...
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    In George Orwell's 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the world is divided into three superstates: Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia, who are all fighting...
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    September 2015. "Orwell Dev-C++". sourceforge.net. Retrieved 14 July 2020. "WxDev-C++ Developers | wxDev-C++". 25 July 2012. Orwell (30 June 2011). "Dev-C++...
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    Orwell is a rural village outside Cambridge in South Cambridgeshire, England. The Prime Meridian passes the eastern edge of Orwell. The village of Orwell...
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    Orwell's Roses is a book of biography and literary criticism by Rebecca Solnit. The book explores the relation between George Orwell's interest in gardening...
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    on the work of George Orwell. She is the author of two books about Orwell: his biography, in Russian (2017) and "George Orwell and Russia", in English...
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  • Politics and the English Language (category Essays by George Orwell)
    "Politics and the English Language" (1946) is an essay by George Orwell that criticised the "ugly and inaccurate" written English of his time and examined...
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    in operation since 1826. The name Orwell is derived from Orwell, Vermont, the native home of an early settler. Orwell is the location of the King Training...
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    Flying, first published in 1936, is a socially critical novel by George Orwell set in 1930s London. The main theme is Gordon Comstock's romantic ambition...
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  • Shipbrook (1715 – 15 October 1783), known as The Lord Orwell between 1762 and 1776 and as The Viscount Orwell between 1776 and 1777, was an English politician...
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    The Orwell Society is a literary society and a UK registered charity. It was founded in 2011 with the aim of promoting the understanding and appreciation...
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  • George Orwell: A Life in Pictures is a 2003 BBC Television docudrama telling the life story of the British author George Orwell. Chris Langham plays the...
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    Orwell is a series of episodic simulation video games by indie developer Osmotic Studios in which the player assumes the role of a state operative and...
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  • Homage to Catalonia (category Books by George Orwell)
    Homage to Catalonia is a 1938 memoir by English writer George Orwell, in which he accounts his personal experiences and observations while fighting in...
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    Orwell Township is a township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 1,159 at the...
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  • The Road to Wigan Pier (category Books by George Orwell)
    The Road to Wigan Pier is a book by the English writer George Orwell, first published in 1937. The first half of this work documents his sociological investigations...
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