Orwell’s problem with Orwell

Or, “ On why ‘Orwellian’ isn’t a thing, being a victim of your success, and the danger of lazy showing off.”

George Orwell is inescapable. The man and his work, justifiably, are an indisputable fact of British life. Animal Farm and Nineteen Eight-Four are on the GCSE and A-Level curriculums respectively, and the terminology of Airstrip One is…