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Politics and the English Language by George Orwell
- jruohonen 3y agoOne of my all time favorites. EDIT: Actually, this piece is not the best of his essays in the collection ("Politics and the English Language and Other Essays"). But judge yourself: https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20180223/html.php https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20180223/html.php
- chasil 3y agoAll of Orwell's published works are free at the Australian Gutenberg website. https://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-n-z.html#orwell https://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-n-z.html#orwell I also really enjoy this Eurythmics soundtrack, but it's not for everybody. https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=eurythmics+1984+full+album https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=eurythmic...
- dang 3y agoReposts are fine after a year or so (see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html) but we had a big discussion of this one a few months ago, so the current submission counts as a dupe. Politics and the English Language (1946) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34277254 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34277254 - Jan 2023 (41 comments) Previous threads listed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34279202 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34279202