A Famous Rejection Letter George Orwell's rejection letter Orwell died this day in 1950. Here’s Knopf’s form rejection letter of a “stupid and pointless fable” called Animal Farm. Moral of the story? Don't ever, ever stop at no. Do at least one thing today to make your past rejection letters frame-able. Publishing, ReviewsSarah CypherJanuary 21, 2015project 2015Comment Twitter 0 Likes