George Orwell books [View all]

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A thread for discussing George Orwell and his fantastic gifts of literature. When it comes to great novelists that have their feet deeply rooted in both politics and literature, Orwell stands at stratospheric proportions.

I've just read 1984 and Homage to Catalonia (a book Chomsky said was Orwell's best, and also a book of monolithic nonfiction contrary to the forum group title, and probably much to the dismay of many a powerful person..) and they're fantastic. I'm thinking about reading Keep the Aspidistra Flying and then giving Orwell a rest for a while before moving on to some others on my classic author list.

I thought 1984 was amazing, but when I got ahold of Homage to Catalonia (Orwell's first hand account of the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s, which was exceedingly important and less provincial than it sounds for reasons highlighted in the book), George Orwell took on a newfound importance to me out of respect for his unbelievable empiricism and ability to so called "walk the talk".



Also, feel free to discuss which of Orwell's books was your favorite. I'm especially interested in which of his books other than his most popular three (1984, Animal Farm, and Homage to Catalonia) was your favorite? This is an aspect of the thread I strongly encourage