He was adopted by Eric Blair - better known by his pen name of George Orwell. Orwell's novel 1984 was the origin of the popular understanding of "Big Brother" and "Room 101". Mr Blair told BBC ...

George Orwell ... depicted in 1984 is, ultimately, “an impassioned defence of human rights”, says Prof David Dwan. A self-proclaimed democratic socialist and a humanist, Orwell was among ...

Each week,we will explain why the book deserves to be on the list. This week, it’s 1984 by George Orwell. What’s the book about? Published in 1949, 1984 is a dystopian novel about a future ...