One of the most intriguing developments in our current unpredictable political climate has been the Left’s co-opting of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 as a dramatic warning of the ...

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 ...

“The Handmaid’s Tale” was popular throughout Trump’s first term, along with such dark futuristic narratives as George ...

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 ...

If you last read “1984” decades ago, you might remember most vividly the doublethink and thought crimes, the notion that Big Brother is always watching, the giant book-in-a-book outlining how ...

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 famously argued that clear language in politics can be a bulwark against oppression. But in the Trump era, his solution no longer holds.

George Orwell, edited by Peter Davison, intro. by Christopher Hitchens. Norton/Liveright, $39.95 (608p) ISBN 978-0-871-40410-7 Reviewed by David Brooks. George Orwell has become a literary saint ...