George Orwell’s Letter On Why He Wrote ‘1984’ In 1944, three years before writing and five years before publishing 1984, George Orwell penned a letter detailing the thesis of his great novel. read more
As George Orwell has sadly now died, we can not ask him of his exact intentions when he wrote the novel 1984. However, a common view is that he intended the book to be a warning after the second world war. read more