Orwell’s two best known books reflect his life-long hatred for totalitarian governments. Animal Farm, a modern east fable attacking Stalinism, and Nineteen Eighty-Four, his nightmare vision of ...

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 ...

Donald Trump’s victory has left his critics, especially America’s liberals, worried. Dystopian books like ‘The Handmaid’s ...

Judges described his writing as a heart-rending exploration of working class life and "the book Orwell would have wanted to win". The artist revealed the award has given him some legitimacy.