In nearly seventy pages, it is astonishing how little he says, and how impressively he says it. - George Orwell

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In nearly seventy pages, it is astonishing how little he says, and how impressively he says it.

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About George Orwell

George Orwell (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was the pen name of British novelist, essayist, and journalist Eric Arthur Blair, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and strong support of democratic socialism.

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Birth Name: Eric Arthur Blair
Alternative Names: Orwell Eric Blair P. S. Burton John Freeman
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The aim of the joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.

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