There is no test of literary merit except survival, which is itself an index to majority opinion.


The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell: In front of your nose, 1945-1950 (ed. 1968)


There is no test of literary merit except survival, which is itself an index to majority opinion.

There is no test of literary merit except survival, which is itself an index to majority opinion.

There is no test of literary merit except survival, which is itself an index to majority opinion.

There is no test of literary merit except survival, which is itself an index to majority opinion.