George Orwell (June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950) on Animal Rights and Human Sympathy(published by RevoltSource) |
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English Novelist, Essayist, Journalist, Critic, Supporter of Democratic Socialism, Opponent of Authoritarianism, and Proven Undercover Agent Reporting on the Left to the Police
: An English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism. Orwell produced literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). (From: Wikipedia.org.)
Quote #6 on Ecological Struggle Quotes >> Animal Rights and Human Sympathy
“I mention the spawning of the toads because it is one of the phenomena of spring which most deeply appeal to me, and because the toad, unlike the skylark and the primrose, has never had much of a boost from poets.”
Source: "Some Thoughts on the Common Toad," by George Orwell, 1946.
"Some Thoughts on the Common Toad," by George Orwell, 1946.
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