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Animal Farm

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Gale 

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EBSCO

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Salem History

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San Diego City Libraries database  (closest is Rancho Bernardo or Carmel Mountain, 01336 barcode).  Use your library card and pin to login or have Ms. Powell log you in.

Literature Resource Center

 

George Orwell - Literary History.com provides "a selective list of online literary criticism for George Orwell, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Web Sites".

 

George Orwell Archives - BBC site with primary source material from George Orwell.

 

 

 

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