Orwell

Orwell usually refers to the writer George Orwell, to the derived phrase Orwellian, or to awards named for George Orwell:

  • Orwell Prize, British prize for political writing
  • Orwell Award, American prize for 'Honesty and Clarity in Public Language'

Orwell as a place may refer to:

in Canada:

  • Orwell, Prince Edward Island
  • Orwell, Malahide, Ontario

in the United Kingdom:

  • Orwell, Cambridgeshire
  • Orwell High School, Felixstowe, Suffolk
  • River Orwell, Suffolk

in the United States:

  • Orwell Township, Minnesota
  • Orwell, New York
  • Orwell, Ohio
  • Orwell Township, Pennsylvania
  • Orwell, Vermont

Orwell may also refer to:

  • HMS Orwell, various Royal Navy ships
  • SS Empire Orwell, two ships
  • 11020 Orwell, an asteroid
  • Orwell (comics), a fictional character in Marvel Comics
  • Orwell (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse (1929–1948)
  • Orwell (programming language), a functional programming language
  • Orwell comma, a musical interval

Famous quotes containing the word orwell:

    “Politically, Swift was one of those people who are driven into a sort of perverse Toryism by the follies of the progressive party of the moment.”
    —George Orwell (1903–1950)

    “Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
    —George Orwell (1903–1950)

    “The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection, that one is sometimes willing to commit sins for the sake of loyalty, that one does not push asceticism to the point where it makes friendly intercourse impossible, and that one is prepared in the end to be defeated and broken up by life, which is the inevitable price of fastening one’s love upon other human individuals.”
    —George Orwell (1903–1950)