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George Orwell
When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and…
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This is Orwell’s record of a period in the late 1920s when he lived among the tramps of London and Paris. Orwell’s publishers initially took the book as a sign…
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BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU
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An account of author’s experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd ‘solely to avoid looking a fool’. This title features…
Orwell's memoir of living in poverty in Paris during the 1920s.
'You can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated…
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Following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, the author brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter intensity the…
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Can he find the strength to do right not only by his friend, but also by his conscience?Orwell moves between grand-scale political scheming and intimate social settings, mining his own…
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Ryan Craig
A thrilling and shocking adaptation of Orwell's acclaimed novel, detailing the dangers and realities of a totalitarian state.
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Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a ‘good job’ in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write…
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Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell’s timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in…
George Bowling, forty-five, mortgaged, married with children, is an insurance salesman with an expanding waistline, a new set of false teeth - and a desperate desire to escape his dreary…
Money is what God used to be. Good and evil have no meaning any longer except failure and success. Gordon Comstock decides to live in poverty rather than compromise with…
Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and…
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‘Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past’ Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites…
Explores everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from freedom of the press to what patriotism really means.
These essays, reviews and articles describe the life and work of this writer.
Key reading for 2018- Orwell’s moving reflections on the English character and his passionate belief in the need for political change
The Lion and the Unicorn was written in London…
Krystyna Wieszczek
George Orwell and Communist Poland is the first major account of George Orwell's Polish reception during WWII and the cold war.
This book offers a comprehensive view of Orwell's thought and writing via forty-eight chapters written by an international team of Orwell specialists. It addresses familiar topics--such as Orwell's journalism--and also…
Orwell's memoir of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War.
This is Orwell's memoir of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War - a groundbreaking work of dissident literature drawn…
Subhash Jaireth
In his new collection of essays Subhash Jaireth traverses the globe in an exploration of the personal and collective memory held within natural and built landscapes.
His roving curiosity takes…
George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute, Down and Out in Paris and London is a moving tour of the underworld of society…
A deluxe 75th anniversary edition of the most iconic British novel of the twentieth century, with an introduction by Sandra Newman, author of Julia and exclusive archival material
Orwell's chillingly resonant allegorical fable, with an introduction and study notes
When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they…
The ultimate dystopian masterpiece.
A dystopian masterpiece - the powerful and prophetic novel that defined the twentieth century.
The year is 1984. War and revolution have created an unrecognisable world…
Orwell's famous and gripping allegory of Stalinism.
'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others'
Mr Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is a lazy drunk…
Based on his experiences as a policeman in Burma, George Orwell’s first novel is set during the end days of British colonialism, when Burma is ruled from Delhi as part…
THE AUTHORATITIVE TEXT All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. Napoleon and Snowball form an elite and take control for themselves, and the tyranny of…
A definitive edition of Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, with an introduction and study notes
Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the…
Michael Carter
First Published in 1985, the aim of this book is to define an aspect of Orwell's literary identity which underlies and informs the sociopolitical content of his novels, and which…
Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry
‘The general uncertainty as to what…
Mariwan Hasan
This book, 1984, is a guide that has been exclusively designed to enlighten George Orwell's seminal work for university students. 1984, Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, still resonates with its unsettling portrayal…
An angry account of working-class life in the 1930s and a call to embrace social equality. With an introduction by Amelia Gentleman.
Oliver Lewis
Orwell roamed widely, living in London, Southwold, Henley, Wallington, Hayes and Jura. It's this rootless, restless man that writer Oliver Lewis pursues in his innovative and thorough book, The Orwell…
Andrey Reznikov
Presently, there is not a single book that would offer a comprehensive description of George Orwell's views on language. Andrey Reznikov's work is the first attempt to fill this gap…
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Sylvia Topp
Zelda, Nora, Vera, and now Eileen - this is the story of George Orwell’s first wife, a woman who shaped, supported and even saved the life of one of twentieth…
Hidden away in the Record Department of the Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian…
One of our hand-picked classics that no home should be without, Animal Farm is the classic story of revolution - now with fabulous illustrations by Chris Mould.
284 pages, thousands of illustrations, two years of work resulting in a world-class graphic novel. Undisputably one of the best works in the world of comics.
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final…
Animal Farm is an allegorical story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human owner, Mr. Jones, in a bid for independence and equality. The animals establish…
In late 1927, at the age of twenty-four, George Orwell relocated to a tiny flat on London's Portobello Road, and from there embarked on a series of exploratory "tramping" expeditions…
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Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell is a memoir of the author's experiences during the Spanish Civil War. It offers a firsthand account of the war and explores the complexities…
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Nineteen Eighty-Four is set in a totalitarian state where the Party, led by the mysterious Big Brother, exercises total control over every aspect of life. Through constant surveillance and propaganda…
