[quite succinct description of Orwell on his 110th Birthday....from the book "George Orwell English Rebel"; Robert Colls, Oxford University Press] An intellectual who did not like intellectuals, a socialist who did not trust the state, a writer of the left who found it easier to forgive writers of the right, a liberal who was against free markets, a Protestant who believed in religion but not in God, a fierce opponent of nationalism who defined Englishness for a generation. Aside from being one of the greatest political essayists in the English language and author of two of the most famous books in twentieth century literature, George Orwell was a man of many fascinating contradictions, someone who liked to go against the grain because he believed that was where the truth usually lay.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 06:31:15 +0000
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