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George Orwell

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Orwell
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Born
1903

Died
1950

Publications
Novels, memoirs, essays, journalism

Writing languages
English

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Literature

Animal Farm (1945)

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)

Novels

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)

Novellas

Animal Farm (1945)

Nonfiction

Down and Out in Paris and London (1933)

British Literature

Keep the Apidistra Flying (1936)

Animal Farm (1945)

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)

Humour and Satire

Animal Farm (1945)

Philosophical Fiction

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)

Science Fiction

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)

Utopian and Dystopian Fiction

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)

Memoirs

Down and Out in Paris and London (1933)

Travel

Down and Out in Paris and London (1933)

Works published in book form

Down and Out in Paris and London, memoir, 1933

Burmese Days, novel, 1934

A Clergyman's Daughter, novel, 1935

Keep the Aspidistra Flying, novel, 1936

The Road to Wigan Pier, memoir, 1937

Homage to Catalonia, memoir, 1938

Coming Up for Air, novel, 1939

Inside the Whale and Other Essays, essay collection, 1940

The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius, essay (pamphlet), 1941

Victory or Vested Interest?, essay, with others (pamphlet), 1942

Animal Farm, novella, 1945

Critical Essays, essays, 1946

James Burnham and the Managerial Revolution, essay (pamphlet), 1946

The English People, essay collection (pamphlet), 1947

Nineteen Eighty-Four, novel, 1949

Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays, essay collection, 1950

England Your England and Other Essays, essay collection, 1953

Decline of the English Murder and Other Essays, essay collection, 1965

Collected Essays, Letters and Journalism of George Orwell, essay, letter and journalism collection, 1968–1970

The Complete Works of George Orwell, 1986–2002

 

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