George Orwell (June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950) on Religious Belief and The Afterlife(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.)
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“As for the Muslim Paradise, with its 77 houris [wives] per man, all presumably clamoring for attention at the same moment, it is just a nightmare.”
Source: "Why Socialists Don't Believe In Fun," by George Orwell, 1943.
"Why Socialists Don't Believe In Fun," by George Orwell, 1943.
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