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George Orwell Blogs!
George Orwell began blogging on August 9, 2008, 58 years after his death. See for yourself! Visit George’s WordPress site at http://orwelldiaries.wordpress.com/. The foundation for The Orwell Prize (Great Britain’s highly regarded prize for political writing) will post each entry … Continue reading
Politics & the English Language, by George Orwell
George Orwell wrote this essay about “Modern English” in 1946. Here’s his take on how awful Modern English has become. (This is a parody of a well-known verse from Ecclesiastes.) Objective considerations of contemporary phenomena compel the conclusion that success … Continue reading