George Orwell, perhaps one of the most perceptive writers of the twentieth century, wrote extensively about English life and politics. This selection of his essays and journalism brings together his m
Over the course of his career, George Orwell wrote about many things, but no matter what he wrote the goal was to get at the fundamental truths of the world. He had no place for dissemblers, liars, co
Shelden reveals George Orwell as a lively, engaging literary personality with an extraordinary experience of history. He restores a sense of drama and passion to this writer's life and shows him to be
(Including: Animal Farm, Down and Out in Paris and London, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays) George Orwell was perhaps the twentieth century's best chronicler of English cul
Dominic Cavendish's monologue adaptation of George Orwell's Coming Up For Air forms the first half of a theatrical homage to Orwell created to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the novel and the 6
Widely available for the first time, this new edition of Orwell's diariescovers the period from 1931 to 1949, following Orwell from hisearly years as a writer up to his last literary notebook. A pleas
Cushman (Wellesley College), author Rodden and contributors make a point for Orwell's longevity into the 21st century in these 21 essays. They note that Orwell addresses sexual persecution, totalitari
'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 hi
"This pathbreaking study encompasses Jeffery Meyers' stunning achievement in Orwell scholarship across four decades. Orwell: Life and Art is both a compelling work of literary criticism and a sophisti
For the first time, these two essential books on George Orwell have been brought together under one cover. The Unknown Orwell describes the first thirty years of Orwell's life—his childhood, the years
This major new collection brings together the best of George Orwell's powerful political essays and journalism with his timeless satire on totalitarianism, Animal Farm. They show the vast range of his
Here is Orwell’s work in all its remarkable range and variety. The selections in this anthology show how Orwell developed as writer and as thinker; inevitably, too, they reflect and illuminate the his
To those who think they know what George Orwell is all about, this book unpacks surprise after surprise. Orwell Your Orwell reveals an Orwell very different from the one most people think of. It gives
`So what you want, in a nutshell, George, is a mistress, housekeeper, nurse, literary executor and mother for Richard?' Based on actual events, Mrs Orwell is the story of the marriage and literary par
Salem's Critical Insights series distills the best of both classic and current literary criticism of the world's most-studied literature. The series focuses on an individual author's entire body of wo
This set comprises 40 volumes covering nineteenth and twentieth century European and American authors. These volumes will be available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as individual vo
The year 2003 was the 100th anniversary of the birth of George Orwell, one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century. Orwell's books are assigned today in over 60,000 classrooms annuall
*注意:此書為POD (Print on Demond)少量印製 The vivid, impassioned, writings collected together in this powerful volume chronicle Orwell's first-hand experiences of life among the underclass of the 'two nations'
(Including: Animal Farm, Burmese Days, A Clergyman's Daughter, Coming Up for Air, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Nineteen Eighty-Four)His best-known novels, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, are two
With “alternative facts” and newspeak the order of the political day, a growing audience for George Orwell’s work has emerged. Orwell is one of the most celebrated twentieth-century literary figures,
Based on a symposium at the U. of Lincoln, this volume contains 13 essays on various aspects of George Orwell. Literature, journalism, and other scholars from Europe, Asia, Australia, and the US discu
George Orwell remains an iconic figure today – even though he died in 1950. His dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four depicts a Big Brother society in which the state intrudes into the most intimate de
The year 1984 is just a memory, but the catchwords of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four still routinely pepper public discussions of topics ranging from government surveillance and privacy in
In this widely acclaimed biographical essay, Christopher Hitchens assesses the life, the achievements, and the myth of the great political writer and participant George Orwell. In true emulative and
Explores the considerable influence of novelist George Gissing (1857-1903) on compatriot British writer George Orwell (1903-50). Finds antecedents for Keep the Aspidstra Flying and A Clergyman's D
A vivid portrait of the man behind the writings. As one of the most enduringly popular and controversial novelists of the last century, the 70th anniversary of George Orwell's death in 2020 offers an
Whether as a fighter in the Spanish Civil War, an advocate of patriotic Socialism or a left-wing opponent of the Soviet Union, George Orwell was the ultimate outsider in politics-insecure, scornful of