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Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) and the
allegorical novella Animal Farm
(1945). His book Homage to Catalonia
(1938), an account of his experiences
in the Spanish Civil War, is widely
acclaimed, as are his numerous essays
on politics, literature, language, and
culture.
Orwell's work continues to influence
popular and political culture, and the
term Orwellian descriptive of
totalitarian or authoritarian social
practices has entered the language
together with several of his
neologisms, including cold war, Big
Brother, thought police, Room 101,
doublethink, and thoughtcrime.
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