In June 1949, a novel was published by the London publishing house Secker & Warburg. The author’s real name was Eric Blair, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Big Brother, the all-seeing dictator in 1984, as seen in the film version of the novel released in 1984 starring John Hurt as ...

Orwell’s ideological impact maintains even now, precisely because he designed his masterful last work of fiction to be ...

George Orwell meant it as a warning, not a prophecy. Yet the dying novelist's Nineteen Eighty-Four gave the world Big Brother ...

JULIA: A Retelling of George Orwell’s 1984. By Sandra Newman. Mariner Books. 400 pages. $30. It’s hard to imagine a bleaker world than that of Orwell’s 1984. In Airstrip One, Oceania, everyone’s ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly 200 independent movie theaters across the United States on Tuesday screened the film version of George Orwell's "1984" novel about a dystopian future, in what organizers ...

With permission from the Orwell estate, Sandra Newman's latest novel takes place in the same world and with many of the same characters as 1984, but retold through the eyes of Winston Smith's love ...

In an ironic move, the famous novel that portrays a dystopian Britain beset by extreme censorship has now received an official academic "offensive" warning. The warning was addressed to students ...

Andy Serkis’ disastrous “Animal Farm” draws attention to the Orwellian movies we actually need. Orwell’s ideological impact maintains even now, precisely because he designed his masterful last work of ...