George Orwell (1903-1950) is one of the most influential authors in the English language. His landmark novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) have been translated into many foreign languages and inspired numerous stage and film adaptations. His well-known essays ""A Hanging"" and ""Shooting an Elephant"" are widely anthologized and often taught in college composition classes. The writer is credited with inventing the...