

There, the main character Winston Smith suffers under the rule of The Party, a totalitarian government determined to destroy free thought and desire by any means possible.Īnimal Farmis only second to 1984 in fame. It takes place in the futuristic superstate of Oceania in what once was England. Several of his novels are semi-autobiographical.ġ984 is his best-known and most widely read novel.He was charged with treason in Spain after fighting in the Spanish Civil War.By the time of his death, he could speak seven different languages.He was taught by Aldous Huxley, the author of ‘A Brave New World’.Orwell once got intoxicated in public so that he’d be arrested.
