When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality... Zobraziť viac
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. The year is 1984, and life in Oceania is ruled by the Party. Under the gaze of Big Brother, Winston Smith yearns for intimacy and love ... Zobraziť viac
Animal Farm tells the story of a rebellion and how it goes wrong. The animals' lives on the farm are terrible - there is not enough food, the work is hard, and animals are dying. One day, the animals kick out the farmer and start to run the farm.Soon, a g Zobraziť viac
'This is the story of one man who went to Spain with an intellectual sympathy for socialist doctrine and came back...with a fervent, almost religious belief in its necessity... Zobraziť viac
All of Orwell's brilliant writing on England and Englishness collected in a single volume. Much of George Orwell's best writing, brought together in this comprehensive collection, is concerned with England... 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
The vivid, impassioned writings collected together in this powerful volume chronicle Orwell's first-hand experiences of life among the underclass of the 'two nations' of rich and poor... 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
John Flory, a white timber merchant in 1920s Burma, has unorthodox views. To him, the Burmese culture and people should be appreciated as things of beauty and worth. To the other white members of the European club of which he is member, these views are... Zobraziť viac
George Orwells Dystopie »1984« hat auch über 70 Jahre nach ihrer Erstveröffentlichung nichts von ihrer Brisanz und Aktualität verloren. Seine albtraumhafte Vision des totalitären... Zobraziť viac
Homage to Catalonia remains one of the most famous accounts of the Spanish Civil War... Zobraziť viac
‘Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.’ George Orwell is one of the world’s most famous writers and social commentators. Through his writing he exposed the unjust sufferings of the poor and unempl Zobraziť viac
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. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and ... Zobraziť viac
"Die Fabel vom Aufstand der Tiere des Farmers Jones und vom allmählichen Umschlag der Revolution in ihr den status quo ante wiederherstellendes Gegenteil gehört zu den bekanntesten literarischen Werken des 20. Jahrhunderts. Der Satz 'Alle Tiere sind... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Classics: Enlivened with vivid autobiographical detail, George Orwell's Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a tragically... Zobraziť viac
Down and Out in Paris and London was George Orwell's first published book. It is at once a very personal account, and a vivid expose of hard lives weighed down by poverty in France and England between the wars... Zobraziť viac
Orwell's timeless satire, now in the Penguin Clothbound Classics series with a cover designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others'When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm... Zobraziť viac
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. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and ... Zobraziť viac
The Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, Big Brother - 1984 itself: these terms and concepts have moved from the world of fiction into our everyday lives. They are central to our thinking about freedom and its suppression; yet they were newly created... Zobraziť viac
George Bowling, forty-five, mortgaged, married with children, is an insurance salesman with an expanding waistline, a new set of false teeth - and a desperate desire to escape his dreary life... Zobraziť viac
