P235 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                                   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.   Next       Prev       Home        End