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A record of a great writer's nonfiction work and an evolving picture of the last years of his life, during the time when he published Animal Farm and 1984. "A magnificent tribute to the probity, consistency and insight of Orwell's topical writings....A remarkable self-portrait" (Alfred Kazin, Book World). Edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus, Index.

Orwell draws on his years of experience in India to tell this story of the waning days of British imperialism. A handful of Englishmen living in a settlement in Burma congregate in the European Club, drink whiskey, and argue over an impending order to admit a token Asian.

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(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) "Nineteen Eighty-Four" revealed George Orwell as one of the twentieth century's greatest mythmakers. While the totalitarian system that provoked him into writing it has since passed into oblivion, his harrowing cautionary tale of a man trapped in a political nightmare has had the opposite fate: its relevance and power to disturb our complacency seem to grow decade by decade. In Winston Smith's desperate struggle ...

George Orwell's timeless fable-a parable for would-be liberators everywhere, glimpsed through the lens of our own history.As ferociously fresh as it was more than a half century ago, this remarkable allegory of a downtrodden society of overworked, mistreated animals, and their quest to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality is one of the most scathing satires ever published. As we witness the rise and bloody fall of the revolutio...

Written 70 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell's chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever...• Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read •"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."Winston Smith toes the Party...

Yirminci yüzyilin en önemli yazarlarindan George Orwell, ona hakli ününü saglayan, totaliter rejimler kadar bu rejimleri yaratan insani hirslarin da güclü bir yergisini konu eden romanlariyla dünya edebiyatinda tartisilmaz bir yer edinmistir. Denemelerinde net bir bicimde görülebilen politik durusu, güclü gözlem yetenegi ve yazarin hem hayatla hem metinlerle iliskisini sorgulama egilimi ise bu romanlarin arka planindaki güclü hayat görüsünü gö...

Partinin dünya görüsü, onu hic anlayamayan insanlara cok daha kolay dayatiliyordu. ... Her seyi yutuyorlar ve hicbir zarar görmüyorlardi cünkü tipki bir misir tanesinin bir kusun bedeninden sindirilmeden gecip gitmesi gibi, yuttuklarindan geriye bir sey kalmiyordu.George Orwellin kült kitabi Bin Dokuz Yüz Seksen Dört, yazarin gelecege iliskin bir kabus senaryosudur. Bireyselligin yok edildigi, zihnin kontrol altina alindigi, insanlarin makinel...

Orwellin ironik mizah anlayisi tazeligini hic yitirmiyor. Bu, kacirilmamasi gereken bir Orwell yapiti.The ObserverGöbeginin capi giderek genisleyen ve evinin taksitlerini ödemekle ugrasan George Bowling kirk bes yasinda, evli ve cocuklu Sve yeni aldigi takma disleriyle kasvetli hayatindan caresizce kurtulmak isteyen bir sigorta pazarlamacisidir.1939da patlak verecek olan savasin gelisini, yemek kuyruklarini, askerleri, gizli polisi ve zorbalig...

George Orwell (1903¿1950) is one of England's most famous writers and social commentators. He is the author of the classic political satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is also well known for his essays and journalism, particularly his works covering his travels and his time fighting in the Spanish Civil War. His writing is celebrated for its piercing clarity, purpose and wit and his books continue to be b...

Part autobiography, this unusual novel follows the experiences of a penniless adventurer, first in Paris in the early 1930s and later in London, where he mingles among tramps and street people. Unabridged. 6 CDs.

Down and Out in Paris and London is the first full-length work by the English author George Orwell, published in 1933. It is a story in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. The first part is a picaresque account of living on the breadline in Paris and the experience of casual labour in restaurant kitchens. The second part is a travelogue of life on the road in and around London from the tramp's perspective, with descriptions of...

Whether detailing the horrors of Orwell's boyhood in an English boarding school or bringing to life the sights, sounds, and smells of the Spanish Civil War, these narrative essays weave together the personal and the political in an unmistakable style that is at once plainspoken and brilliantly complex.

Homage to Catalonia is both a memoir of Orwell's experience at the front in the Spanish Civil War and a tribute to those who died in what he called a fight for common decency. Down and Out in Paris and London chronicles the adventures of a penniless British writer who finds himself rapidly descending into the seedy heart of two great European cities. This edition brings together two powerful works from one of the finest writers of the twentiet...

Down and Out in Paris and London is the first full-length work by the English author George Orwell, published in 1933. It is a story in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. The first part is a picaresque account of living on the breadline in Paris and the experience of casual labour in restaurant kitchens. The second part is a travelogue of life on the road in and around London from the tramp's perspective, with descriptions of...

With extraordinary relevance and renewed popularity, George Orwell's 1984 takes on new life in this hardcover edition. "Orwell saw, to his credit, that the act of falsifying reality is only secondarily a way of changing perceptions. It is, above all, a way of asserting power."-The New Yorker 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 r...

Written 70 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell's chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever... •Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read• "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." Winston Smith toes the P...

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Orwell's brilliant 1946 satire, chronicling a revolution staged by the animals on Mr. Jones's farm (Animal Farm). George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision of "Negative Utopia" is timelier than ever-and its warnings more powerful (1984).

For the first time in one hardcover volume-three classic novels by the author of Nineteen Eighty- Four and Animal Farm.The lushly descriptive and tragic Burmese Days, a devastating indictment of British colonial rule, is based on Orwell's own experience while serving in the Indian Imperial Police. His beloved satirical classic, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, features a young idealist whose attempt to rebel against middle-class respectability-by w...