Eric Arthur Blair, English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the name George Orwell died #OTD in 1950. He is known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), and Homage to Catalonia (1938) are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture. via @wikipedia
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Down and Out is just epic. I worked in kitchens for quite a few years in all capacities and it's like a bible for Hospitalities staff. I laughed long and loud, when Eric and his friend made it back from France where things were bad, and got back to England - and it was WORSE! "Dickensian".
@gutenberg_org@wikipedia And he fought with the International Brigade in Spain's war against the fascists, where he was wounded. The pen and the sword.
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