Laura Beers is a professor of British history at American University and the author of Orwell's Ghosts, Your Britain, and Red Ellen, which received the Stansky Award. Her writing has appeared in the New Republic and Washington Post, among other publications, and on CNN.com. She lives in Washington, DC.

"Lucid, engaging…The complexity (and sheer volume) of Orwell's work means that he has frequently been misunderstood. Beers reaches a satisfying synthesis."

Laura Beers is a professor of British history at American University and the author of Orwell's Ghosts, Your Britain, and Red Ellen, which received the Stansky Award. Her writing has appeared in the New Republic and Washington Post, among other publications, and on CNN.com. She lives in Washington, DC.

"Lucid, engaging…The complexity (and sheer volume) of Orwell's work means that he has frequently been misunderstood. Beers reaches a satisfying synthesis."

Laura Beers is a professor of British history at American University and the author of Orwell's Ghosts, Your Britain, and Red Ellen, which received the Stansky Award. Her writing has appeared in the New Republic and Washington Post, among other publications, and on CNN.com. She lives in Washington, DC.

"Lucid, engaging…The complexity (and sheer volume) of Orwell's work means that he has frequently been misunderstood. Beers reaches a satisfying synthesis."