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Eric Arthur Blair 25 June — 21 January was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose , social criticism , opposition to all totalitarianism both authoritarian communism and fascism , and support of democratic socialism. Orwell is best known for his allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four , although his works also encompass literary criticism , poetry, fiction and polemical journalism.

His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier , documenting his experience of working-class life in the industrial north of England, and Homage to Catalonia , an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War — , are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture.

Orwell's work remains influential in popular culture and in political culture , and the adjective " Orwellian "—describing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices—is part of the English language, like many of his neologisms , such as " Big Brother ", " Thought Police ", " Room ", " Newspeak ", " memory hole ", " doublethink ", and " thoughtcrime ".

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When Eric was one year old, his mother took him and Marjorie to England. In , Ida settled with her children at Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. Eric was brought up in the company of his mother and sisters and, apart from a brief visit in mid, [ 14 ] he did not see his father until It was a Catholic convent run by French Ursuline nuns.

Although he knew nothing of the reduced fees, he "soon recognised that he was from a poorer home". At St Cyprian's, Blair first met Cyril Connolly , who became a writer and who, as the editor of Horizon , published several of Orwell's essays. Before the First World War , the family moved 2 miles 3 km south to Shiplake , Oxfordshire, where Eric became friendly with the Buddicom family, especially their daughter Jacintha.

When they first met, he was standing on his head in a field. Asked why, he said, "You are noticed more if you stand on your head than if you are right way up. But inclusion on the Eton scholarship roll did not guarantee a place, and none was immediately available.