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[...]

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.[...]

A sublime essayist and author of the masterful political novels 1984 and Animal Farm, George Orwell is at least as relevant in the age of Trump and Brexit as he was in his own short lifetime (1903-1950). Both of his classic novels have been hot sellers over the past two years and his name is conjure[...]

In this clear and detailed reading guide, we've done all the hard work for you!1984 has reached bestseller lists all around the world and is considered one of the greatest pieces of English literature. It tells the story of a future society, run according to a totalitarian regime headed by Big Broth[...]

ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guia de lectura 1984, uno de los libros mas influyentes del siglo XX y la obra mas conocida de George Orwell. En ella, recrea una sociedad futura dominada por un sistema totalitarista que controla cualquier movimiento de sus ciudadanos, y realiza una dur[...]

Im Orwell-Staat wird eine neue Sprache verordnet, das sogenannte "Neusprech". Zusammen mit dem sogenannten "Zwiedenk" soll den Menschen das Denken abgewöhnt werden. Orwell beschriebt eindrucksvoll, wie durch Veränderung der Sprache der Manipulation des Volkes durch die herrschende Klasse Tür und [...]

Der Zukunftsroman 1984 beschreibt einen totalitären Staat, in dem die Menschenrechte

rigoros eingeschränkt werden. Die Welt beherrschen drei Supermächte: Ozeanien,

Eurasien und Ostasien, die permanent Krieg um ein paar nicht fest zugeteilte

Gebiete führen[...]

Burma was once the richest country in Asia.
Now, it is the poorest country in Asia.
This book was his first novel. This was written before he became famous as the authors of "1984" and "Animal Farm." The book was rejected by several publishers mainly because the characters resembled real peo[...]

"Da zdravstvuet fikus!" (1936) - gorkij, ironichnyj roman, vo mnogom avtobiografichnyj.Glavnyj geroj - Gordon Komstok, nepriznannyj poet, pisatel-neudachnik, vynuzhdennyj sluzhit v reklamnom agentstve, chtoby zarabotat na zhizn. U nego nastojaschij talant k sochineniju sloganov, no ego rabota vnusha[...]