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I've read all of George Orwell's novels. Homage Catalonia is good, but Down and Out in Paris and London is better; possibly his best. Everyone knows Animal Farm
by josefritzishere 2y ago
I've read all of George Orwell's novels. Homage Catalonia is good, but Down and Out in Paris and London is better; possibly his best. Everyone knows Animal Farm and 1984. Chomsky is one of the great minds of the last century, surely even he would tell you he read a lot more than Homage Catalonia to shape his Anarchism.
- mikhailfranco 2y agoI think 1984 and Animal Farm have to be at the top of the list, in that order. I agree Down and Out in Paris and London follows close behind, and the best of his essays come next. I think Homage to Catalonia is not a great book, but valuable for the autobiographical insight about Orwell, and how it informed him to write those other, better works. I would also add that Coming Up For Air is delightful and underrated. Try the audio book. Any middle-aged man can appreciate the quiet understated honesty.