George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute, Down and Out in Paris and London is a moving tour of the underworld of society. 'You have talked so often of going to the dogs - and well, here are the dogs, and you Zobraziť viac
Winston Smith re-writes history for the Ministry of Truth in Oceania. Big Brother and the Thought Police watch everyone for signs of Thought Crime. But when Winston falls in love with Julia, he begins to have new ideas... Zobraziť viac
'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past' Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Zobraziť viac
Under the feckless husbandry of Mr Jones, the Manor Farm has fallen into disrepair. Pushed into hardship, the animals decide to stage a revolt, and, led by two young pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, they overthrow Mr Jones and drive him away from the farm... Zobraziť viac
THE AUTHORATITIVE TEXT "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. "The year is 1984. War and revolution have left the world unrecognisable. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, is ruled by the Party... Zobraziť viac
1984, dnes již klasické dílo antiutopického žánru, je bezesporu jedním z nejpozoruhodnějších románů... Zobraziť viac
Kniha Georga Orwella Hold Katalánsku, v ktorej opisuje vlastné skúsenosti a zážitky zo španielskej občianskej vojny, zaujíma v jeho živote a myšlienkovom vývoji výnimočné miesto. Do Španielska totižto šiel preto, aby na vlastnej koži zažil.. Zobraziť viac
Tento sociální román má tak jako mnohá jiná Orwellova díla autobiografické rysy. Jeho hlavní hrdina Gordon Comstock,... Zobraziť viac
Orwellov román z roku 1939 zachytáva život v Anglicku pred 2. svetovou vojnou očami poisťovacieho agenta Georgea Bowlinga.... Zobraziť viac
Farmu zvířat, své nejcenější beletristické dílo, napsal George Orwell v letech 1943 a 1944, ale poprvé vyšla až v roce 1945,... Zobraziť viac
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith... Zobraziť viac
George Orwells 1984 ist längst zu einer scheinbar nicht mehr erklärungsbedĂĽrftigen Metapher fĂĽr totalitäre... Zobraziť viac
Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and snowball leads to the animals taking over the farm... Zobraziť viac
Politics and the English Language is widely considered Orwell's most important essay on style. Style, for Orwell, was never simply a question of aesthetics; it was always inextricably linked to politics and to truth... Zobraziť viac
One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'. 'Rhys took one of the works of genius of the 19th Century and turned it inside-out to create one of the works of genius of the 20th Century' Michele Roberts... Zobraziť viac
George Orwell's masterwork, now in the Penguin Clothbound Classics series with a cover designed by Coralie Bickford-SmithOne of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World''Who controls the past controls the future... Zobraziť viac
THE AUTHORATITIVE TEXT 'You can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business' As a struggling writer in his twenties, Orwell lived as a down-and-out among the poorest members of society... Zobraziť viac
In 1936, George Orwell volunteered as a soldier in the Spanish Civil War. In Homage to Catalonia, first published just before the outbreak of World War II, Orwell documents the chaos and bloodshed of that moment in history... Zobraziť viac
Dzhordzh Oruell (spravzhnye im'ya - Erik Artur Bler) - anhliysʹkyy pysʹmennyk, eseyist, zhurnalist i krytyk. Yoho tvorchistʹ kharakteryzuyetʹsya pronyklyvoyu sotsialʹnoyu krytykoyu, protystoyannyam totalitaryzmu... Zobraziť viac