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7 out of 10
There's a thrush in the wood where they meet and Orwell gives it a whole paragraph — the one living thing in the book. I notice I've kept that and not the torture. Admirable, horrible, and I don't expect I'll open it again.
by@mossandinkWritten 9 January 2026Read 6 January 2026
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Nineteen Eighty-fourGeorge OrwellIn the Margins
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