George Orwell is a writer who has been appropriated by very different political regimes and opinions, pressed into service as his various critics have seen fit. Though a polemicist and satirist at heart, his anti-totalitarian ideals are expounded with deft story-telling and a simplicity that belies[...]
Orwell draws on his experience in the Indian Imperial Police for his first novel, "Burmese Days", a devastating indictment of British colonial rule (he resigned 'to escape not merely from imperialism but from every form of man's dominion over man', as he later wrote). John Flory, cowardly and self-p[...]
Contains essays that demonstrates how intent analysis of a work or a body of work gives rise to trenchant aesthetic and philosophical commentary. This title features "Politics and the English Language" and "Rudyard Kipling" and "Good Bad Books".[...]
George Orwell was first and foremost an essayist. From his earliest published article in 1928 to his untimely death in 1950, he produced an extraordinary array of short non-fiction that reflected - and illuminated - the fraught times in which he lived and wrote. This book charts Orwell's development[...]
Marks the sixtieth anniversary of the last book of Orwell. This book includes an introduction by novelist Robert Harris.[...]
George Orwell was an inveterate keeper of diaries. Covering the period 1931-1949, this volume follows Orwell from his early years as a writer up to his last literary notebook.[...]
Suitable for schoolchildren and politicians alike, this title tells the fable of steadfast horses Boxer and Clover, the opportunistic pigs Snowball and Napoleon, and the deafening choir of sheep.[...]
George Orwell was a tireless and lively correspondent. This volume of his correspondence offers a narrative of Orwell's life, from his schooldays to his final illness. It features letters which focuses on a love that would haunt him for his whole life, as well as reveals the inspiration for some of [...]
This is an enlightening anthology of George Orwell's journalism and non-fiction writing, showing his genius across a wide variety of genres. This is selected by leading expert Peter Davison. Famous for his novels and essays, Orwell remains one of our very best journalists and commentators. Confronti[...]
In one of the most intrepid travelogues in recent memory, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent traveling through Burma, using as a compass the life and work of George Orwell, whom many of Burma's underground teahouse intellectuals call simply ?the Prophet.? In stirring prose, she provides a power[...]
In this intrepid and brilliant memoir, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent travelling through Burma, using as a compass the life and work of George Orwell, whom many of Burma's underground teahouse intellectuals call simply "e;the prophet"e;. In stirring, insightful prose, she provides a[...]
"Winston Smith rewrites history for the Ministry of Truth, but when he's handed a note that says simply 'I love you' by a woman he hardly knows, he decides to risk everything in a search for the real truth. In a world where cheap entertainment keeps the proles ignorant but content, where a war witho[...]
George Orwell's 1945 satire on the perils of Stalinism has proved magnificently long-lived as a parable about totalitarianism anywhere - and has given the world at least one immortal phrase: Everyone is equal, but some are more equal than others. This new dramatisation sticks very closely to the boo[...]
In "Nineteen eighty-four", one of the 20th century's great myth-makers takes a cold look at the future. Orwell's study of individual struggling - or not struggling - against totalitarianism remains a salutary lesson in any society.[...]
A biting satire on dictatorship written during the Second World War and published in 1945, ANIMAL FARM is perhaps the most celebrated twentieth-century English satire after the same writer's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR. One of the very few writers to be compared in power, artistry and moral authority with [...]
Includes 'The Freedom of the Press', intended as the preface to 'Animal Farm' but undiscovered until 1972. Considered by Noam Chomsky to be Orwell's most important essay. These essays demonstrate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of the last century.[...]
Helps students to listen with a critical mind - focusing on key themes, relevant historical, social and biographical background - as well as developing study skills and strategies. Useful for schools and for independent study, this guide enables students to experience and explore the essentials of l[...]
Winston Smith, a civil servant assigned the task of falsifying records and political literature, effectively perpetuating propaganda, who grows disillusioned with his meager existence and so begins an ultimately futile rebellion against the system.
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Describes what happens when the animals drive out Mr Jones, the farmer, and attempt to run the Manor Farm themselves. This book has become a world-famous classic of English prose, and is a strong political allegory with parallels to the old Soviet regime.[...]
For the first time in digital publishing history, readers can explore the complete fictional works of the modern master George Orwell in one comprehensive eBook. Also featuring a wide selection of non-fiction works, this latest addition to Delphi's bestselling series of publications is presented wi[...]