Our April book selection is “Down and Out in Paris and London,” by George Orwell. A documentary record of life on the margins, originally published in 1933, it was based on four years that the author ...
A George Orwell book checked out of a library in the United Kingdom 50 years ago was finally returned by a mortified borrower. The hard-cover book of George Orwell’s “Road to Wigan Pier” was due at ...
A hectic high-profile adaptation for Audible plays fast and loose with George Orwell’s original text. By Shreya Chattopadhyay Shreya Chattopadhyay is on the editorial staff of the Book Review. When ...
It’s fitting that Raoul Peck’s latest documentary, “Orwell: 2+2=5,” is hitting theaters across the country during this year’s Banned Books Week. Since its publication in 1949, George Orwell’s ...
The Washington Post: George Orwell gets his comeuppance in a new book about his first wife
George Orwell gets his comeuppance in a new book about his first wife
In the spring of 1936, George Orwell planted some roses. Perhaps not such a big deal, but in her expansive and thought-provoking new book, Rebecca Solnit uses Orwell’s garden as a way of exploring the ...
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 ...
New York Post: Overdue copy of George Orwell’s ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ returned to library 50 years later – and it ‘smelled downright awful’