What a difference a decade makes. In 1940 George Orwell published his eighth book, the essay collection Inside the Whale, but when the Nazis in the same year drew up a list of Britons to be arrested ...
Readers of George Orwell’s novel—still reeling ... Words matter because facts matter—because truth matters. Freedom, in 1984, is many things, but they all spring from the same source ...
Shortly after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States in January 2017, George Orwell’s 1949 novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four” shot to the top of Amazon’s bestseller list.
In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, one of the Party’s slogans is “Ignorance is Strength.” This chilling concept suggests that keeping the population ignorant helps maintain control, preventing ...
Shortly after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States in January 2017, George Orwell’s 1949 novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four” shot to the top of Amazon’s bestseller list. Apparently, ...
To mark Reader’s Digest‘s 100th anniversary in 2022, we searched our archives and collected 100+ quotes that we think will continue to stand the test of time. The dates in parentheses represent when ...