An apocalyptic tale set in a nation ruled by Big Brother, where speech is doctored and thoughts are controlled by totalitarian agents. From the author of Animal Farm and Down and Out in Paris and London.
Including The Road to Wigan Pier'No one wrote better about the English character than Orwell' New York Review of BooksMuch of George Orwell's best writing, brought together in this collection, is concerned with his complex, often contradictory attitude to England....
'Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows.' This selection of George Orwell’s writing, from both his novels and non-fiction, gathers together his thoughts on the subject of truth. It ranges from discussion...
Including Homage to Catalonia'Spain not only defined Orwell as an individual, it also gave him his first glimpse of totalitarianism' D. J. Taylor, GuardianGeorge Orwell's experience of the Spanish Civil War had a transformative effect on his life and work....
Including Animal Farm'Orwell is the most influential political writer of the twentieth century' New York Review of BooksThroughout his life George Orwell aimed, in his words, to make 'political writing into an art'. This collection brings together the best...
Hlavními tématy této publikace jsou československé reflexe tvorby britského spisovatele George Orwella, zejména proslulých románů 1984 a Farma zvířat. Společně s romány My Jevgenije Zamjatina a Konec civilizace Aldouse Huxleyho se jedná o klasická díla dystopické...
Including Down and Out in Paris and London'Orwell was the great moral force of his age' SpectatorThe powerful writings collected together in this volume chronicle George Orwell's first-hand experiences of life among the underclass of the 'two nations' of rich...
A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Orwell's terrifying, must-read dystopian novel about the erasure of individuality and free thought, with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon. The year is 1984. War...
George Orwell zseniális disztópiáját 1948-ban írta meg, de mit sem veszített aktualitásából. Az író által bevezetett fogalmak, mint például a Nagy Testvér, a Gondolatrendőrség, a 101-es szoba, vagy az olyan mondatok, mint: "a szabadság az, ha szabadon kimondható,...
1984, dnes již klasické dílo antiutopického žánru, je bezesporu jedním z nejpozoruhodnějších románů 20. století a brilantní analýzou všech totalitních systémů. "Anti-utopie" má i svého "antihrdinu": je jím Winston Smith, obyčejný, ne příliš statečný člověk,...