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George Orwell Facts
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Big Brother was named the "Scariest Character in Literature" in a poll at the Web site AbeBooks.com. (Harry Potter's nemesis Voldemort came in tenth).Orwell was so devoted to his native England tha...
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Father: Richard Walmesley Blair (1857-1938)Mother: Ida Mabel Limouzin Blair (1875-1943) Sister: Marjorie Frances Blair (1898?-?) Sister: Avril Blair (1908-?)Wife 1: Eileen Maud O'Shaughnessy (1905-...
