George Orwell: A Haul

The official Orwell Fangirl is here to show you some awesome stuff.

Where to find these things:

Purple TShirt: I CAN'T FIND IT :O But it was from RedBubble!

[manuelodabashian]

Lear, Tolstoy and the fool is a brilliant essay beautifully discussed. His collected letters, essays and journalism is excellent because everything is in context as no biography of him could be written because George Orwell requested in his will that no biography of him should be written. Another great essay is confessions of a book reviewer

[peypip]

Fun fact: George Orwell wrote A Road to Wigan Pier; just off a road across from Wigan Pier is The Orwell. Most people would call the area where the Orwell actually stands Wigan Pier, but the actual pier is a very small coal tipping ramp at the opposite side of the canal.

[shewouldstay]

1984 was my favorite novel for the longest time.  My original copy from High School (let's not discuss how long ago that was) is falling apart and covered in highlighter and notes.  I went on a blind date once where agreed to meet and we would both be carrying copies of 1984 since it was our favorite book.

[artifactbooks]

I've always liked George Orwell, but you've just inspired me to head to the book store and buy everything I can find! 

[ChicleteVioleta]

George Orwell is my favorite author as well :)

[SinisterMinistr]

ariel you're so awesome, your excitement is contagious and truly inspiring, I salute you and commend you for sharing
your passion with us. keep up the good work.

[gabbiepoppins]

Aww, I genuinely find your passion towards Gorge Orwell so inspiring, I really need to read something by him.

[abookishgirl]

This makes me so happy to see you so excited about George Orwell! I've been dying to read 1984, Animal Farm, and Down and Out in Paris and London for so long now and you've finally given me that extra jolt to read them! 

[AlliesBeautyTips]

1984 is freaking genius, a master piece, i love it

[emilyykinderr]

I absolutely love 1984- it's one of those books that I can remember every place I read it. I really really need to buy animal farm now!

[MarianaPVallejo]

I have read 1984 and it was amazing, I own Animal farm and I'm so excited to read it.I think I'm going to get obsess with him too, 1984 blew my mind. 

[gregreads]

This is the video that I have always been waiting for.

[chofi]

I've never read one of his books, but after watching you talk about him so much, I'm super excited to pick one up!

[icygubler]

You should read the Road to Wigan Pier. It's a nonfiction book detailing the time he became a miner to understand the life of the British working class. 

[carolinagodoy]

I feel the same way about George Orwell. I think he is a genious! I read Animal Farm and I'm currently reading 1984, but I already know that I want to read everything he has written. It's awesome to find someone who also like this author as much as I do.

[VStyle]

"Politics and the english language" is an amazing essay. It's a bit too hard till you get to the middle but it's worth the struggle. It basically deals with the fact that politics pollutes in a very literate way the english language. And let alone the fact that it was written in 1944, so that's 70 years ago. It just shows how little we've grown and much worse we're getting in keeping any language pure and unpolluted. I'm a native bulgarian speaker and i found so many things in common with our politics and our language and i think everyone would find something they relate to because the essay is so universal. I highly, highly recommend it, it's one of the most interesting things i've ever come across.
ps, Ariel, you rock xxx

[Lualvarez]

Yes! I've read Animal Farm and 1984 and I can't wait to read more of his work. That man was a genius. And right now the author I'm totally obsessed with is Patrick Ness.

[francisha]

LITERALLY SAME!! I'VE BEEN going absolutely mad about Orwell lately... The first book I ever read by him was Down and Out when I was like 15, and LOVED it, and HAD to read 1984, which is obviously amazing, and then I stopped... 5 years pass and like 3 weeks ago I discovered an old copy of Animal Farm and realised I hadn't read it and OH MY GOD. It's the best one of his I've read, it's just perfection. I must read and buy everything now, I must.

[BelieberAguus]

I'm reading 1984 at school and im loving it so far!!

[SyAndrews]

George Orwell is my number 1 author too! So rare to meet so many people who have actually read his essays too! Loving it :D