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Tending a war-time garden: What George Orwell’s fascination with roses tells us about the human need for beauty in the darkest hours

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Saturday, March 5, 2022, 10:55am

When you think of George Orwell — most famous for his political novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" — you might imagine a revolutionary, a figure of anti-fascism, freedom and resistance. But in the book "Orwell’s Roses," author Rebecca Solnit shows us another aspect of the writer — Orwell the gardener, a lover of flowers and trees, who is deeply connected to the land around him. 

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