From the author of the definitive biography of George Orwell, a captivating account of the origin and enduring power of his landmark dystopian novel
Since its publication nearly 70 years ago, George Orwell's 1984 has been regarded as one of the most influential novels of the modern age. Politicians ...
Overturning conventional thinking, this book reveals how the very notion of "culture" developed in response to the industrial revolution, and analyzes its treatment by such writers as Burke, Ruskin, Arnold, Shaw, Lawrence, T.S. Eliot and Orwell.