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Burmese Days by George Orwell

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Name: George Orwell
Birth Date: June 25, 1903
Death Date: January 21, 1950
Place of Birth: Motihari, India
Place of Death: London, England
Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer, novelist, essayist

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Biography of George Orwell
1245 words, approx. 4.2 pages
The British novelist and essayist George Orwell (1903-1950) is best known for his satirical novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-four. George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair at Motihari, Bengal, India. His father, Richard Walmesley Blair, was a minor...
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Biography of George Orwell
10913 words, approx. 36.4 pages
George Orwell's remarkable international reputation is primarily due to his last two novels, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which have spoken to the Cold War consciousness with such force and intimacy that conceptions such as Big Bro...
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Biography of George Orwell
10378 words, approx. 34.6 pages
George Orwell's remarkable international reputation is primarily due to his last two novels, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which have spoken to the Cold War consciousness with such force and intimacy that conceptions like Big Brothe...
 


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Burmese Days Information
1,067 words, approx. 4 pages
Burmese Days is a novel by British writer George Orwell. Published in 1934 and based loosely on Orwell's five years as a police officer in the Indian Imperial Police force in Burma (now Myanmar), it is a caustic, fast-paced tale about the waning days of...


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The Washington Post
Burmese Days
04/21/2002: 1,154 words, approx. 4 pages
THE TROUSER PEOPLE A Story of Burma -- in the Shadow of the Empire By Andrew Marshall Counterpoint. 308 pp. $26 BEYOND THE LAST VILLAGE A Journey of Discovery In Asia's Forbidden Wilderness By Alan Rabinowitz...
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The Economist (US)
Burmese days; Snakes in Florida.(pythons )
12/02/2006: 407 words, approx. 1 pages
What will humans do next to the Everglades? PROTECTING the Everglades, southern Florida's vast subtropical marshlands, is full-time work. Water managers already have their hands full trying to undo the damage done to their river network by efforts years ago to create a...


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Burmese Days by George Orwell

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