The authoritative biography of George Orwell, written with the cooperation of Orwell's widow.`In its thoroughness, and its mastery of a considerable volume of material, this is the definitive biography of Orwell.' Sunday Times`It is hardly worth using up space to declare just how good it is.[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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.[...]

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 [...]

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[...]

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[...]

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 [...]

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[...]