George Orwell - his novels

[hawarameen]

i have a book of his novels collected together in one publication.

i have read animal farm which i have read before and love. Burmeese days is also a brilliant book.

right now i am on coming up for air, which i have to say at about a quarter of the way through it isnt as good, does it get better? or shall i just go on to keep the aspidistra flying? after that its 1984

[Donut Master]

1984 is the Best Book In The Universe. Really.

[hazard]

comin up for air has its moments

apparently in writing that novel GO came up with his main ideas for 1984. the best part is when the lead character goes to the group meeting thingie. in that meeting he makes a few pro-stalinist remarks, which seem to contradict the belief that orwell was opposed to the USSR.

[FatFreeMilk]

loved Animal Farm (first book I've read by George Orwell) but are all of his books political satire?

[Jaceau]

I read his essay on politics and the english language. Good stuff, he's a pretty harsh guy.

[Hate Is Art]

1984 is his best work, then animal farm. As Far as I know they are all Political Satire.
Was Orwell a communist? I know he was anti-imperialist and slightly socialist but was he a commie

[canikickit]

He considered himself a democratic socialist.
I don't know if all his books were political satire, but I'm sure all of them were of a political or social nature.
For example, "Down and Out in Paris and London" could hardly be classified as satire, it is the true account of his times in London and Paris scrapping day and night to survive, but goes deeply into the social ills of the two societies in those times.

I particularily enjoyed the essay on Newspeaks featured at the end of the novel. That and the exerpts from "The Book" were the highlights of 1984 for me.