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Christopher Hitchens on George Orwell

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The Last Man in Europe

Orwell's name has become synonymous with evil and oppression. So many of his fictional ephemisms became the real thing. The impact that it had in enslaved er countries of the soviet sphere, among modest intellectuals, but people who later became leaders of trade unions cannot be overstated. 19 84 is not yet available in chinese, or not in renna chine, but it will.

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