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British Library: 20th Century Works: Animal Farm
"Animal Farm" (1945) is a novella by George Orwell about the development of Russian communism under Joseph Stalin delivered in allegorical form. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and...
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Literature Network: George Orwell
This is a biography of George Orwell, pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair, (1903-1950) and author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Orwell is quoted throughout the biography which helps to understand his political reasoning in the...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: George Orwell: Biography
This website provides a biography of George Orwell, the pen name for Eric Arthur Blair, author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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British Library: 20th Century: Power and Conflict
Find out how war and conflict shaped literature throughout the 20th century.
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British Library: 20th Century: Literature 1900 1950
Explore key literary works of the early 20th- century with these articles.