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George Orwell
His literary and political legacy is immense: George Orwell left us 1984 and Animal Farm, two of the great works of 20th century English literature. He defended the English language itself against the creeping corruption of politicized euphemism. And now, as we approach what would have been his 107th birthday, he's on... Twitter?
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