George Orwell
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George Orwell was a British novelist, essayist, and critic best known for his dystopian works "1984" and "Animal Farm," which explore themes of totalitarianism, propaganda, and social injustice.
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| George Orwell canonical | 56 |
| Eric Arthur Blair | 1 |
| Eric Blair (George Orwell) | 1 |
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ literary critic ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
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India (British subject at birth)
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dystopian fiction
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Aldous Huxley
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Animal Farm
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nineteen Eighty-Four
subject surface form:
Penguin Modern Classics
this entity surface form:
Eric Arthur Blair
subject surface form:
Eric Arthur Blair