1984 was written by George Orwell in 1949.The dystopian novel is a blatant exposition of totalitarian threats like Nazism and Stalinism and it spurns out as an unabashed warning for the future. The ...

George Orwell was the pseudonym for Eric Arthur Blair, who was born in Motihari, India, on June 25, 1903. His father, Richard Blair, was a British civil servant stationed in India. About a year after ...

Americans still read George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” 75 years after it was first published on June 8, 1949. At the time, the year 1984 was far in the future — now it’s 40 years in the past.

By Mark Buckton - Taipei In his dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell depicted a world where truth was malleable, information ...

The organizations behind Banned Books Week based this year's theme, "Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights," on Orwell's sobering story to show we may be closer in real life to his dystopia than ...

The parallels between the current U.S. political leadership and the Big Brother of Orwell’s “1984” — while a bit cliche — ...

A first-edition copy of George Orwell's dystopian novel "1984" has finally been returned to the library from which it was borrowed – 65 years overdue. And the fine for doing so is even more surprising ...

Try this quiz about the bookish influences on Homer Simpson, Kate Bush and others to see how many connections you know. By J. D. Biersdorfer His novel “1984” captured the tactics of totalitarianism ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...