Big Brother Is Watching You: The words are inextricably associated with the classic dystopian novel 1984 and with its revered author, George Orwell. The Modern Scholar series continues its exploration of great authors with this course from esteemed professor Michael Shelden. In these lectures Orwell, who also penned the epitome of the political satire, Animal Farm, is discussed in full, from his childhood in Henley-on-Thames to his final days.
Lecture 1 An English Schoolboy, 1903-1922
Lecture 2 Servant of the Empire, 1922-1927
Lecture 3 Among the Poor, 1927-1933
Lecture 4 Young Novelist, 1933-1935
Lecture 5 A Window on Wigan, 1935-1936
Lecture 6 The War in Spain, 1937
Lecture 7 Bearing Witness, 1937-1938
Lecture 8 Coming Up for Air, 1938-1939
Lecture 9 Surviving the Blitz, 1940-1941
Lecture 10 A Voice on the BBC, 1941-1943
Lecture 11 Animal Farm,1944-1945
Lecture 12 Last Man in Europe, 1945-1946
Lecture 13 Orwell's List, 1946-1947
Lecture 14 Big Brother and the World, 1948-1950