Dear Valued Patrons,
Am I alone in being mightily underwhelmed by Animal Farm, Burmese Days and 1984? Am I alone in feeling that Orwell's value lies mainly in his pamphlets and critical essays (only a fraction of which I've read, admittedly, but from all of which I came away with a profound new understanding of their topics)? I feel the same, I admit, with Anthony Burgess. Clockwork Orange =
The Underwhelming Novels of Orwell and Burgess
Am I alone in being mightily underwhelmed by Animal Farm, Burmese Days and 1984? Am I alone in feeling that Orwell's value lies mainly in his pamphlets and critical essays (only a fraction of which I've read, admittedly, but from all of which I came away with a profound new understanding of their topics)? I feel the same, I admit, with Anthony Burgess. Clockwork Orange =
