George Orwell

Book Review: “The Ministry of Truth” — Writing a Blueprint for Disaster

July 20, 2019
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Words from George Orwell to live by:  “To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.”

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Theater Review: “1984” — It’s Later Than You Think

February 24, 2016
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1984‘s theatrical vision of authoritarianism in action is not for the faint of heart.

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Book Review: Appreciating the Life of George Orwell — A Giant of the 20th Century

February 26, 2014
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George Orwell strikes me as a man who was easy to love because he had a tenderness in him that runs like a stream throughout these letters and makes you feel, as you read, how much you would have liked to know him.

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