- George Orwell was born in India in 1903.
- George Orwell attended Eton from the ages 14 to 17 and he Left in 1921.
- He was a policeman in Burma for a few years after he left university.
- His wife Eileen was taught at Oxford University by author JRR Tolkien.
- 1984’s original title was Last Man in Europe. Orwell finally decided on the current title in 1948.
- Animal Farm is based on the Russian Revolution in 1917.
- Animal farm was first published on the 17th of august 1945.
- The original title was Animal farm: A Fairy Story.
- Orwell wrote Animal Farm from November 1943 to February 1944.
- Time magazine chose the book as one of the 100 best English-language novels and it won a Retrospective Hugo Award in 1996.
- In Orwell’s novel 1984 the Ministry of Peace is responsible for war, the Ministry of Truth for propaganda, and the Ministry of Love for maintaining law and order
- The book 1984 was written in 1949
- George Orwell wrote the “Six Rules For Writers” they are used even today as a basic key to better writing by writers all over the world.
- Burmese Days was written in 1934 and Down and Out in Paris and London was written in 1933.
- Orwell finished animal farm in hospital. He died soon afterwards from tuberculosis.
Homework Animal Farm and George Orwell
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