Nathan Waddell, The Conversation
'Nineteen Eighty-Four' might have been inspired by author George Orwell's fear of drowning
The novel isn't typically associated with fear of water. Yet it's filled with references to sinking ships, drowning people and the dread of oceanic engulfment.
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