The Prevention of Literature by George Orwell is the twenty seventh of The Essays that you find in the 917th place on The Greatest Books of All Time site, since the algorithm changes the places of the compilation, you could see a different structure, I don’t know what data is used, but if it takes into account the ‘reading public’, then the chefs d’oeuvre will descend from the top spots, and the likes of The Da Vinci Code will dominate the front rows, and they will become the “GOAT” – nevertheless, you have more than five thousand reviews on books from the aforementioned site and others, with notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other lists waiting for you on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html if you are interested

 

The Prevention of Literature by George Orwell is the twenty seventh of The Essays that you find in the 917th place on The Greatest Books of All Time site, since the algorithm changes the places of the compilation, you could see a different structure, I don’t know what data is used, but if it takes into account the ‘reading public’, then the chefs d’oeuvre will descend from the top spots, and the likes of The Da Vinci Code will dominate the front rows, and they will become the “GOAT” – nevertheless, you have more than five thousand reviews on books from the aforementioned site and others, with notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other lists waiting for you on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html if you are interested

 

 

10 out of 10

 

The Essays of George Orwell https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/10/notes-on-nationalism-by-george-orwell.html have been fabulous so far, and the twenty seventh is no exception, The Prevention of Literature is indeed one of the best, and so relevant for what is happening now in so many countries of the world

 

This essay starts with some speakers: ‘The fourth devoted most of his speech to a defense of the Russian purges. Of the speeches from the body of the hall, some reverted to the question of obscenity and the laws that deal with it, others were simply eulogies of Soviet Russia’ and we have not moved very far from then

 

Yes, there are lands where we have had a dramatic change, Alhamdulillah, this includes my own pays, where we have had a revolution in which I took part (and the link is at the end of this note), even if we still hear idiots regretting Ceausescu, and/or supporting Putin, the modern-day replica of Stalin, Ivan The Terrible and the rest of them

http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/realini-in-newsweek-participant-in.html I have decided to include the aforementioned link here as well, who knows if you are here, and then you will lose patience, so better have the role played emphasized, and enlarged – literature has played a great part in the big changes we have seen

 

nevertheless, the gruesome transformation is seen in America, with the arrival of the Orange Grim Reaper – he likes posting all sorts of stupid, some of them funny videos, and one shows him in that posture – who is attacking his opponents, in the manner familiar to the tyrants of the Soviet Union, the commie regimes

this caudillo has sent troops to cities that have democratic leaders – such as Chicago, where my sister is a doctor – and talked to the generals and admirals they gathered in one room about the war with ‘the enemy within’ – incidentally, this Orange Killer wants the Nobel Prize – and he persecutes enemies, Comey and Letitia for now

 

you find this type of Big Brother in Nineteen Eighty Four https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2024/12/nineteen-eighty-four-by-george-orwell.html the magnum opus of George Orwell that is sixth on The Greatest Books of All Time site, but might be surpassed by his…Essays

The MAGA people have been censoring books, especially in that weird place, Florida, which has recently cancelled vaccine mandates – by the way, this Orange Woland aka Devil is pushing all sorts of cretins in the highest places, Kennedy will make so many die, the most recent calamity is related to Tylenol and pregnancies

 

Yes, he has had an achievement, the accord related to the war in Gaza, and praise is deserved for that, albeit we have to see what happens, there are so many challenges to face ahead, but then fool has already created another potential catastrophe, announcing new tariffs of 100% on China, and the stock markets have tumbled

In the manner of the Zen Master from Charlie Wilson’s War, we could say that this is the time when I should buy some shares, and the new idea is to have my daughter, Hannah, create two accounts and invest now that shares are down, only if they do not descend more

 

Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – I am on Goodreads as Realini Ionescu, at least for the moment, if I keep on expressing my views on Orange Woland aka TACO, it may be a short-lived presence

Also, maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the benefits from it, other than the exercise per se

 

 There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know

 

As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/realini-in-newsweek-participant-in.html

 

Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works

 

‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’

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