Showing posts with label George Orwell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George Orwell. Show all posts
Friday, 21 May 2021

Orwell for £1.00

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There is one fundamental truth about English literature: you never read enough George Orwell . There is another fundamental truth about Engl...
Tuesday, 25 June 2013

George Orwell's birthday

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Something I remembered today, thanks to my many Facebook likes: George Orwell was born today, the 25th of June, 1903. The great George Or...
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Saturday, 15 June 2013

The wisdom of George Orwell

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I am about to finish Down and Out in Paris and London . I only have a few pages left (and I know it took so much more time than it should ha...
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Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Down and Out... (George Orwell)

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" And there is another feeling that is a great consolation in poverty. It is a feeling of relief, almost of pleasure, at knowing yourse...
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Saturday, 27 April 2013

The first line of 1984

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'' It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. '' I have no reason to quote the opening line...
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Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Oranges and lemons

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" Oranges and lemons, Say the bells of St. Clement's. You owe me five farthings, Say the bells of St. Martin's. When wil...
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Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Booklaunch in Manchester

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I mentioned it before, I wish I could go to Manchester sometimes . But this time I am green with envy. I learned from the Anthony Burgess Fo...
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Friday, 11 September 2009

The graveyard, the ruins, the abyss

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" To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone-to a time...
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Friday, 6 June 2008

Persepolis

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I am reading Persepolis by Marjana Satrapi at the moment, it's a really great autobiographical graphic novel. It is also a reflexion o...
Wednesday, 14 May 2008

Le 400e suce

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Joseph Facal l'explique avec éloquence . Michel Vastel en a parlé aussi. Je déteste cordialement Michaëlle Jean depuis qu'elle est ...
Thursday, 13 March 2008

Musophobia

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I promised an entry about phobias, so here it is. As some of you know might know, I am slightly phobic about rats. I mean, I really hate th...
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