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George Orwell. "Orwell" redirects here. For other uses, see Orwell (disambiguation). Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was a British novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell, a name inspired by his favourite place, the River Orwell. [ 2 ]
Good Bad Books. "Good Bad Books" is an essay by George Orwell first published in Tribune on 2 November 1945. After Orwell's death, the essay was republished in Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays (1950). The essay examines the lasting popularity of works not usually considered great literature. Orwell defines a "good bad book" as "the kind of ...
Why I Write. " Why I Write " (1946) is an essay by George Orwell detailing his personal journey to becoming a writer. It was first published in the Summer 1946 edition of Gangrel. [1][2][3][4] The editors of this magazine, J.B.Pick and Charles Neil, had asked a selection of writers to explain why they write. [5]
A Cross Line. "A Cross Line" is a short story written by George Egerton, also known as Mary Chavelita Dunne. [1][2] The story appeared in a collection of short stories titled Keynotes, [3] published in 1893. It follows the interaction between a woman and a fisherman. [4][5]
The Dreaming. Stencil art at Carnarvon Gorge, which may be memorials, signs from or appeals to totemic ancestors or records of Dreaming stories [1] The Dreaming, also referred to as Dreamtime, is a term devised by early anthropologists to refer to a religio-cultural worldview attributed to Australian Aboriginal mythology.
In addition to the many examples found on vase paintings, Gorgons occur in a wide variety of other contexts, including architectural ornamentation, shield devices, and coins. [54] Some representations show full-bodied Gorgons, while others, called gorgoneia , show only the face (or head) of a Gorgon, such as those described in the Iliad as ...
Notable works. The Canterbury Tales. Signature. Geoffrey Chaucer (/ ˈtʃɔːsər / CHAW-sər; c.1343 – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. [ 1 ] He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". [ 2 ]
The Orwell Archive at University College London contains undated notes about ideas that evolved into Nineteen Eighty-Four.The notebooks have been deemed "unlikely to have been completed later than January 1944", and "there is a strong suspicion that some of the material in them dates back to the early part of the war".