That’s what George Orwell would say if he could visit our world, 75 years after he wrote his final novel, "1984." Orwell sought to demonstrate the dangers not just of totalitarianism but of a world ...

A new stage adaptation of 1984 by George Orwell will headline the autumn season at the Citizens Theatre ahead of a Scottish tour. Chris Hannan’s adaptation is a co-production between the Citizens ...

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.

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 ...

A new adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984, directed by Dominic Hill and written by Chris Hannan, premieres at Glasgow’s ...

George Orwell envisioned the dangers of monolithic government armed with artificial intelligence in his famous novel of a future dystopia, "1984," published in 1949. The Party, led by Big Brother, ...

George Orwell’s 1984, a dystopian classic novel, is a staple in American high school English and social studies curricula. 1984 is taught in 9th or 10th grade and used to introduce themes of ...

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 ...