Imaxinas unha sociedade na que o goberno che impoña como vestir, que nova lingua falar, como actuar, como pensar? En 1984 esa sociedade existe, chámase Oceanía e comparte o dominio da Terra con outras duas superpotencias coas que adoita estar en guerra alternativamente: Eurasia e Oriasia. Londres e a principal cidade da Aeropista Un e na sua cerna esta instalado o centro do poder do estado totalitario liderado polo Irman Grande, ser omnisciente que controla a vida social e privada dos cidadans grazas a un sistema de telepantallas instaladas por todas as partes. Ilustracion de portada: Adria Fruitos
It is the history of a revolution that went wrong - and of the excellent excuses that were forthcoming at every step for the perversion of the original doctrine". So wrote George Orwell in the original blurb for the first edition of Animal Farm in 1945. His simple and tragic fable, describes what happens when the animals drive out Mr Jones, the farmer, and attempt to run the Manor Farm themselves.Animal Farm has become a world-famous classic of English prose, and is a strong political allegory with parallels to the old Soviet regime.Reader Simon Callow is a British actor with a firmly-established reputation for impeccable performance on-stage, on-screen, and on audiobook.
Année 1984 en Océanie. 1984. C'est en tout cas ce qu'il semble a Winston, qui ne saurait toutefois en jurer. Le passé a été oblitéré et réinventé, et les événements les plus récents sont susceptibles d'être modifiés. Winston est lui-même chargé de récrire les archives qui contredisent le présent et les promesses de Big Brother. Grâce a une technologie de pointe, ce dernier sait tout, voit tout. Il n'est pas une âme dont il ne puisse connaître les pensées. On ne peut se fier a personne et les enfants sont encore les meilleurs espions qui soient. Liberté est servitude. Ignorance est puissance. Telles sont les devises du régime de Big Brother. La plupart des Océaniens n'y voient guère a redire, surtout les plus jeunes qui n'ont pas connu l'époque de leurs grands-parents et le sens initial du mot « libre ». Winston refuse cependant de perdre espoir...
Written during World War II and published in 1945, this is a sharp and celebrated satire on dictatorship. Orwell conveys his bleak message of man's inhumanity to man, and beast's to beast thr
Unfailingly elegant and endlessly relevant, the four essays in this collection treat literature as a vital record of our political hypocrisies, our social failings, and the ennobling limits of our ideological aspirations. Delving into the literary canon, George Orwell encounters dusty classics and lesser-known works of literature on his own exhilarating terms. The novels of Henry Miller lead him inside the belly of Jonah's whale, an imagined refuge in a time of total war. A trenchant investigation of Charles Dickens unfolds into a poignant portrait of nineteenth-century liberalism. A minor pamphlet on Shakespeare by Tolstoy provokes a stirring evocation of humanism and the excessive vitality of life. A series of singularly thrilling reading experiences, they celebrate Orwell's engagement with the world of writers and literature.
This new collection brings together four of Orwell's short sketches of English life with his masterful analysis of a crumbling English society. They range from an expedition down a coal mine to a chastening experience of colonial rule in Burma, and from a witty study of murder reportage in the British tabloids to a grim account of life inside a workhouse. Culminating with Orwell's masterpiece on English socialism, 'The Lion and the Unicorn', the essays in this collection are a testament to the fascinating peculiarities of English culture. Together, they say as much about what England could aspire to be as the state that it has found itself in.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.As a young man struggling to find his voice as a writer, George Orwell left the comfort of home to live in the impoverished working districts of Paris and London. He would document both the chaos and boredom of destitution, the eccentric cast of characters he encountered, and the near-constant pains of hunger and discomfort. Exposing the grim reality of a life marred by poverty, Down and Out in Paris and London, part memoir, part social commentary, would become George Orwell's first published work.
