George Orwell and 1984 still relevant today, says author's son
Richard Blair spoke to the BBC about the relevance of his father's work many decades onGeorge Orwell might have a sense of "deja vu" about the state of politics if he was alive today, his son has told the BBC.
Asked about how his father would react if he came back today, Mr Blair said: "Has it changed from the world of 1984 and Animal Farm? It's been the same for a millennia. I suppose it will be the same in another 100 years' time.Image caption,He added: "My father was a great patriot. A great defender of his country and he was also a critic of both sides of the political debate. He would criticise both left and right.
"These two caches of new material, letters he'd written to Suffolk girlfriends in the 1930s, don't just tell us about the relationship with the two women, they tell us about all kinds of things," said Mr Taylor.He added: "In terms of improving our understanding of Orwell's work, I suspect his letters to Eleanor reminiscing about their country walks at Southwold may have inspired similar passages describing Winston's affair with Julia in 1984.
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