Inside george orwell a biography

Here are some facts about George Orwell.

• George Orwell was an English writer and journalist.

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He is best known for writing 1984, one of the most quoted books of all time.

• He was born in India in 1903 and named Eric Blair. He came up with his pen-name, George Orwell, by combining the name of England’s patron saint with the name of one his favourite rivers, the River Orwell in Suffolk.

• Orwell attended the prestigious Eton college, where he was taught French by another famous writer, Aldous Huxley (the author of a Brave New World).

  After graduating, he joined the Imperial Police in Burma.

• As a journalist, George Orwell wrote over 350 articles, as well as several well known books. He also wrote a play and almost 30 collections of short stories.

• George Orwell spent 2 years living in poverty in Paris during the 1920s.

  He worked as a dishwasher in a luxury hotel, had all his money stolen from his hotel, and became very ill. He used these