"Orwell had just published his groundbreaking book Nineteen Eighty-Four, which received glowing reviews from just about every corner of the English-speaking world. His French teacher, as it happens, was none other than Aldous Huxley who taught at Eton for a spell before writing Brave New World (1931), the other great 20th century dystopian novel."
Aldous Huxley to George Orwell: My Hellish Vision of the Future is Better Than Yours (1949) - https://www.openculture.com/2018/08/aldous-huxley-george-orw...