George Orwell (1903-1950)

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Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on 25 June 6) left(vb)__________________
1903 in eastern India, the son of a British colonial 7) join(vb)__________________
civil servant. He was educated in England and, after 8) then(adv)_________________
he left Eton, joined the Indian Imperial Police in 9) colony(n)_________________
Burma, then a British colony. He resigned in 1927 and 10) resign(vb)________________
decided to become a writer. In 1928, he moved to 11) become(vb)_______________
Paris where lack of success as a writer forced him into 12) writer(n)_________________
a series of menial jobs. He described his experiences 13) move(vb)_________________
in his first book, 'Down and Out in Paris and London', 14) where(conj)_______________
published in 1933. He took the name George Orwell, 15) lack(n)___________________
shortly before its publication. This was followed by 16) menial(adj)________________
his first novel, 'Burmese Days', in 1934. 17) job(adj)__________________
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An anarchist in the late 1920s, by the 1930s he 19) took(vb)__________________
had begun to consider himself a socialist. In 1936, he 20) before(prep)______________
was commissioned to write an account of poverty 21) was(vb)__________________
among unemployed miners in northern England, 22) novel(n)__________________
which resulted in 'The Road to Wigan Pier' (1937). 23) begun(vb)________________
Late in 1936, Orwell travelled to Spain to fight for the 24) write(vb)_________________
Republicans against Franco's Nationalists. He was 25) account(n)________________
forced to flee in fear of his life from Soviet-backed 26) poverty(n)__________________
communists who were suppressing revolutionary 27) among(prep.)______________
socialist dissenters. The experience turned him into a 28) miner(n)__________________
lifelong anti-Stalinist. 29) unemployed(adj)______________
Between 1941 and 1943, Orwell worked on 30) road(n)__________________
propaganda for the BBC. In 1943, he became literary 31) late(adv)_________________
editor of the Tribune, a weekly left-wing magazine. By 32) travel(vb)_________________
now he was a prolific journalist, writing articles, 33) fight(vb)__________________
reviews and books. 34) flee(vb)__________________
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In 1945, Orwell's 'Animal Farm' was published. 36) life(n)___________________
A political fable set in a farmyard but based on 37) turn(vb)__________________
Stalin's betrayal of the Russian Revolution, it made 38) between(prep.)_____________
Orwell's name and ensured he was financially 39) work(vb)_________________
comfortable for the first time in his life. 'Nineteen 40) left(prep.)________________
Eighty-Four' was published four years later. It is set in 41) magazine(n)_______________
an imaginary totalitarian future, the book made a 42) publish(vb)_______________
deep impression, with its title and many phrases - 43) farm(n)__________________
such as 'Big Brother is watching you', 'newspeak' and 44) fable(n)__________________
'doublethink' - entering popular use. By now Orwell's 45) set(vb)___________________
health was deteriorating and he died of tuberculosis 46) farmyard(n)_________________
on 21 January 1950. 47) betrayal(n)__________________
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