1. George Orwell
... Paris. He finished a short draft, entitled, A Scullions Diary about 10 months later. This short novel was rejected twice, mainly on the grounds that it was only 35,000 words and used only a moderate part of all of the notes, journals and other things that he had collected and intended to use. In despair he asked a friend, Mabel Firez to "destroy ... own benefit. One example of their control of the minds of the Outerparty members happens in the dining hall. At dinner Winston Smith meets Syme, a philologist, who is working on the 11th edition of The Newspeak Dictionary (see Newspeak - Pol...
- Word Count: 8146
- Approx Pages: 33
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School