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George Orwell's Most Popular Books Ranked
Express ^ | Maria Leticia Gomes

Posted on 08/20/2025 9:56:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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A whole article and they don't even mention a name.
1 posted on 08/20/2025 9:56:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Here is his best nonfiction:

A Nice Cup of Tea

Shooting an Elephant

A Hanging

And there's this:


Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool

2 posted on 08/20/2025 9:57:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Read em’ all. Down and out was all about being down and out-how the Russian triumphantly shared the loaf of bread he was able to get ahold of. Made me wonder how women managed to get by.


3 posted on 08/20/2025 9:59:46 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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Animal Farm


4 posted on 08/20/2025 10:04:06 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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5 posted on 08/20/2025 10:19:06 PM PDT by MacNaughton
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The Road to Wigan Pier

Where he tries so very hard to be honest and gets shot down by his own party.

6 posted on 08/20/2025 10:26:32 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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8/20/2025, FrontPageMag, "Animal Farm Turns 80 - The book that the Communists wanted to kill is more relevant than ever.", Daniel Greenfield
7 posted on 08/20/2025 10:33:37 PM PDT by MacNaughton
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The Road to Wigan Pier

8 posted on 08/20/2025 10:37:42 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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What was the book about a small country that declared war on a big country to get defeated and rebuilt, but the big country surrendered to the little guy? Did he write that or was it just a movie? My mother used to talk about it when I was very young.


9 posted on 08/20/2025 10:50:22 PM PDT by Pocketdoor
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Islam is peace
Capitalism is slavery
Diversity is strength

Ministry of Truth 2025


10 posted on 08/20/2025 10:51:04 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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wow that’s good.


11 posted on 08/20/2025 11:05:37 PM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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That sounds like “The Mouse That Roared,” but that wasn’t by Orwell. The novel that was adapted to become the movie your mother probably saw was written by Leonard Wibberley.


12 posted on 08/20/2025 11:14:21 PM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus
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To: nickcarraway; MacNaughton

If Orwell’s novel 1984 is one of your favourites I can recommend Anthony Burgess’s novel “1985”. It consists of two parts. The first is an analysis of “1984” and the second is a short novel set in 1985, seven years ahead of the time it was written. Certain aspects are more reminiscent of the world of today compared to “1984”; islamisation and wokeism. Others like the power of the trade unions are not so. Burgess did not foresee the election of Mrs Thatcher!

Still a good read.


13 posted on 08/20/2025 11:43:27 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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'1984' now England 2025

Coming to a country near you should the Democrats get back in power

Tyrannical Globalists Unite!!!


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'1984'






14 posted on 08/21/2025 12:03:42 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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15 posted on 08/21/2025 12:13:50 AM PDT by CDR Kerchner ( retired military officer, natural law, Vattel, presidential, eligibility, natural born Citizen )
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To: nickcarraway

Thanks for posting!! :D


16 posted on 08/21/2025 12:39:22 AM PDT by Scarlett156 (Remember to pray. )
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I like his Six Rules for Writing and try to follow them at all times! https://infusion.media/blog/george-orwells-six-rules-for-writing/


17 posted on 08/21/2025 3:16:20 AM PDT by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: Pocketdoor

The Mouse that Roared with beaufiul Jean Seberg..


18 posted on 08/21/2025 3:25:59 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Yes it was very good. I also read an interesting book that was a contrast called

Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom


19 posted on 08/21/2025 4:08:58 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: nickcarraway

Worth investigation: The time Orwell spent in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War where he was befriended by an American diplomat who may have paid the cost of a return trip to England.


20 posted on 08/21/2025 5:39:29 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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