Sometimes called the conscience of a generation, Orwell is best known for two novels: Animal Farm and 1984. Both books, ...

Animal Farm is a melancholy reflection on the corruption of revolution – and the need to keep looking for a better one.

Andy Serkis, known for portraying characters such as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and Caesar in the Planet of the ...

A month after ordering the removal of some books from school libraries, Alberta’s education minister is getting more pushback ...

Written by visionary George Orwell, "Animal Farm," a political fable still studied all over the world, was published on this day in history, Aug. 17, 1945.

As he sat down to write "1984," George Orwell was reeling from the death of a wife and suffering from a lung ailment. ZUMAPRESS.com Jura is a small island off the coast of Scotland, famous for two ...

WIFEDOM: Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Life. By Anna Funder. Knopf. 464 pages. $32. Throughout my reading life, I have returned to George Orwell’s work for the pleasure and power of his words and ...

The predictability of the plot and some of the gags in Burning Down George Orwell's House don't seriously detract from its absurdist charm. And, as all good comedies do, Ervin's novel contains a ...