Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
This was one of our set books when I was 15 and doing 'O' level English literature (which I subsequently failed, along with half of the class). I thought it was pretty good too, although I can't remember much of a morality tale so it probably went straight over my head. Perhaps I am too thick to read the classics after all.

I've thought about 1984 too, but I think I'll wait a year for the 40th anniversary edition
I remember when I was about 13, we were given Orwell's Animal Farm to read at school. I thought it was a great story, but it never occurred to me that it had anything to do with politics.