Recommended Author George Orwell

I was given a six book omnibus edition of Orwell novels and I read these fairly quickly. His novels are to me fairly bleak to read but they capture the ordinariness of life and they become compelling. I will get the other books he has written and read these sometime soon too.

 

His best and most popular novels are 1984 and Animal Farm that are both fantastic and to an extent they have come true. 1984 and Big Brother watching you has an element of truth with spyware on computers and surveillance cameras in the streets. As to Animal Farm, whilst most communist countries may no longer exist, you can still see elements in Animal Farm in regimes around the world. I found the film of 1984 (With John Hurt and Richard Burton) and the cartoon version of Animal Farm to be worth watching too.

 

I would recommend reading 1984 and Animal Farm and if you really like these then go on and read Orwell's other novels.

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