George Orwell

George Orwell : Nineteen Eighty-Four

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"Of all the important intersections, the face with the black mustache stared at you. There was one on the wall across the street. BIG BROOT YOU LOOK," repeated the legend, "while the look of the black eyes penetrated Winston's eyes... In the distance, a helicopter slipped between the roofs, hovered for a while, like a blue fly, then left like an arrow, in a curved flight. It was a patrol that came to set fire to the…

George Orwell : Animal Farm

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A certain June 21 took place in England the revolt of animals. Pigs run the new regime. Snowball and Napoleon, pigs in chief, show a regulation: "All two legs are an enemy; all four legs or all volatile, a friend. No animal shall wear clothes; no animal shall sleep in a bed; no animal may drink alcohol; no animal will kill another animal; all animals shall be equal." The rain erases the commandments. The donkey, a…

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