Rebecca Solnit’s 'Orwell’s Roses' is a fascinating series of forays into another side of the work of George Orwell (the writer of 'Nineteen Eighty-Four') and its relationship with the world.
The theme of Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell’s ninth and last book published first in 1949, centres around the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people.
Born in India, they set out to conquer the world