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The feeling that the very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world ... this prospect frightens me much more than bombs'On the 70th anniversary of George Orwell's death, a new collection of his brilliant essays written during the Second World WarFascism and Democracy collects five brilliant examples of Orwell's writing during the darkest days of World War Two. Grappling with the principles of democracy and the potential of reform, ...

One of the most influential books of the twentieth century gets the graphic treatment in this first-ever adaptation of George Orwell's 1984. War is Peace * Freedom is Slavery * Ignorance is Strength In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory stil...

A beautiful graphic adaptation of George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." In 1945, George Orwell, called "the conscience of his generation, " created an enduring, devastating story of new tyranny replacing old, and power corrupting even the noblest of causes. Today it is all too clear that Orwell's masterpiece is still fiercely relevant wherever cults of perso...

This beautiful edition of George Orwell's powerful work of dystopian fiction features a leatherette cover, gilt edging, and ribbon marker-a perfect gift for our times. In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbid...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content.The eight levels...

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 group of animals - the pigs - becomes more and more important, but things are not better for most of the animals. Life for them is the same as before. Penguin Readers is a series of popular cla...

Winston Smith lebt in einem dystopischen Überwachungsstaat im Jahr 1984. Als Mitglied der "äußeren Partei" ist er damit beschäftigt, die Geschichte für das Wahrheitsministerium zu fälschen. In seinem Inneren ist Smith jedoch ein Gegner des Systems, weswegen er in einen verhängnisvollen Konflikt mit der Gedankenpolizei gerät.

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La adaptación gráfica oficial de la célebre novela de George Orwell.Esta sátira de la Revolución rusa y el triunfo del estalinismo, escrita en 1945, se ha convertido por derecho propio en un hito de la cultura contemporánea y en uno de los libros más mordaces de todos los tiempos. Ante el auge de los animales de la Granja Solariega, pronto detectamos las semillas del totalitarismo en una organización aparentemente ideal, y en nuestros líderes ...

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. When the animals overthrow the oppressive Mr. Jones, they think their problems are over, but in Orwell's great indictment of the Russian Revolution, they find that power corrupts and they have merely swapped one form of tyranny for another.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. The classic story of a society that controls your every move and thought and a man, Winston, who comes to realise the oppression he is living under. Now with a stunningly sinister cover by Nathan Burton.

Includes the text of "The Road to Wigan Pier" - a documentary of unemployment and proletarian life - as well as the author's writing on the political and social condition of England.

Savas Öncesi Günlükleri, gözünü budaktan sakinmayan bir yazarin, George Orwellin yasamindan kesitler sunan kisisel kayitlardir. Edebi eserleri kadar siyasi yönelimleri ve güncel politikayla cetrefil iliskisiyle de konusulan Orwellin doga gözlemlerine, isci sinifina, yemek tariflerine, II. Dünya Savasinin tezahürlerine ve dönemin siyasi gelismelerine dair düstügü, gazete kupürlerine ek olarak kendi cizimleriyle de desteklenen basit ama sistemli...

Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His...

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* "It is an astonishing tribute to Orwell's gifts as a natural, unaffected writer that, although the historical events he is unfolding are all too bitterly familiar, the reader turns the page as though he did not know what was going to happen. Here, then, is a social, literary, and political history... which, while being intensely personal never forgets its allegiance to objective truth." -THE ECONOMIST