1 of rare smart things Norman Podhoretz said: Orwell's lasting popularity was founded on "socialist passion expressed in a Tory growl."
I love Orwell but let's be honest in terms of actually being remembered for socialist ideas he failed
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Homage to Catalonia? Road to Wigan Pier? "My Country Right or Left?" "England Your England?" Admittedly not commonly assigned in 8th grade
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And perhaps the fate of any writer with lasting influence--Dickens ending up as "A Christmas Carol" and "A Tale of 2 Cities" ...
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... Conrad being remembered mostly for "Heart of Darkness" due to Achebe's positioning, etc. The stuff that wins the serious readers is ...
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.... very often not the stuff that can be taught in the schools generations later. (e.g. Bleak House,Hard Times, and Little Dorrit, or ...
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