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“Hunger reduces one to an utterly spineless, brainless condition, more like the after-effects of influenza than anything else. It is as though all one's blood had been pumped out and lukewarm water substituted.”

Book:Orwell and the dispossessed: Down and out in Paris and London in the context of essays, reviews and letters selected from The complete works of George Orwell

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Orwell and the dispossessed: Down and out in Paris and London in the context of essays, reviews and letters selected from The complete works of George Orwell

Orwell and the Dispossessed is a compilation of George Orwell's writings that delve into his time spent in Paris and London. The book includes a selection of essays, reviews, and letters, offering a glimpse into Orwell's personal experiences and observations. It explores the lives of the dispossessed during a period of economic hardship and social unrest, providing a deeper understanding of Orwell's views on class struggle and the human condition. more

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George Orwell

George Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair, was a British novelist and political critic. Known for his sharp social criticism and profound insights into totalitarianism, Orwell is best remembered for his novels '1984' and 'Animal Farm', which remain influential to this day. more

“I am well acquainted with all the arguments against freedom of thought and speech - the arguments which claim that it cannot exist, and the arguments which claim that it ought not to. I answer simply that they don't convince me and that our civilization over a period of four hundred years has been founded on the opposite notice.”

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Book:The Complete Works of George Orwell: I belong to the Left: 1945

Source: The Complete Works of George Orwell: I belong to the Left: 1945

“If I had to make a list of six books which were to be preserved when all others were destroyed, I would certainly put Gulliver's Travels among them.”

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Book:All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays

Source: All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays

“If publishers and editors exert themselves to keep certain topics out of print, it is not because they are frightened of prosecution but because they are frightened of public opinion. In this country intellectual cowardice is the worst enemy a writer or journalist has to face, and that fact does not seem to me to have had the discussion it deserves.”