BIOGRAPHIES
Agathocleous, Tanya

George Orwell: Battling Big Brother

(3) YA Oxford Portraits series. Sober prose traces the life of Eric Blair, who wrote under the pseudonym George Orwell. The book examines his political beliefs, his career as a journalist, and the literary success he achieved near the end of his brief life as the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-four. Some of his writings are excerpted in this volume illustrated with black-and-white photos. Bib., ind.

RELATED 

Get connected. Join our global community of more than 200,000 librarians and educators.

This coverage is free for all visitors. Your support makes this possible.

We are currently offering this content for free. Sign up now to activate your personal profile, where you can save articles for future viewing.

ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER?