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George Orwell’s novel of a dystopian future, 1984, was
published on June 8, 1949. It Orwell’s ninth and final
completed book.

The novel’s all-seeing leader, known as “Big Brother,”
became a universal symbol for intrusive government
and oppressive bureaucracy.

Orwell is best known for his allegorical novella Animal
Farm (1945).

George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)
(25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950)