The recent republication of Christopher Hollis’s controversial critical-biographical study of George Orwell—originally published in 1956 (by Hollis’s own firm, Hollis and Carter) and out of print for ...

As the official book synopsis goes: "Big Brother… Room 101… Newspeak…" Even before his statue was unveiled outside the BBC in 2017, George Orwell was probably ...

DJ Taylor published Orwell: The Lifein 2003. Now he offers a new biography that draws upon new materials that have surfaced since (Orwell’s letters to women he was infatuated with, for instance). This ...

Dorian Lynskey attempts to explain “what Orwell’s book actually is, how it came to be written, and how it has shaped the world” in The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell’s 1984. But his ...

From frontline reporting to a trailblazing comic novel and a prophetic dystopia, which of Eric Blair’s books is the best?

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Lev Mendes THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH The Biography of George Orwell’s “1984” By Dorian Lynskey ...

As he sat down to write "1984," George Orwell was reeling from the death of a wife and suffering from a lung ailment. ZUMAPRESS.com Jura is a small island off the coast of Scotland, famous for two ...

The organizations behind Banned Books Week based this year's theme, "Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights," on Orwell's sobering story to show we may be closer in real life to his dystopia than ...