The Interview:

Two distinguished Orwell scholars, John Rodden and D.J. Taylor, unpack the Orwell enigma: fact, fiction, myth and the most enduring legacy of any writer in the English language since Shakespeare.  Rodden’s most recent Orwell book is Become George Orwell (Princeton University Press) and Mr. Taylor’s is a study of Orwell’s most famous book, On Nineteen Eighty-Four (Abrams Press)

The Reading:

D.J. Taylor reads the first chapter of On Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Story of George Orwell’s Masterpiece.

Credit: music by Terry Riley