George Orwell
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Part social reportage, part socialist polemic, The Road to Wigan Pier sets out a hellish vision of a broken Britain before delivering a meditation on how we can create a more egalitarian society.
Having travelled to the industrial north of England on…
Part social reportage, part socialist polemic, The Road to Wigan Pier sets out a hellish vision of a broken Britain before delivering a meditation on how we can create a more egalitarian society.
Having travelled to the industrial north of England on…
During The Blitz of 1941, as Nazi bombers flew overhead, George Orwell penned this stirring analysis of England and its people.
Whilst not shying away from the difficulties of the nation, and the fractuous nature of its divisions, Orwell places a pre…
During The Blitz of 1941, as Nazi bombers flew overhead, George Orwell penned this stirring analysis of England and its people.
Whilst not shying away from the difficulties of the nation, and the fractuous nature of its divisions, Orwell places a pre…
Keep the Aspidistra Flying is George Orwell's savagely satirical portrait of the literary life and is based loosely on his own experiences of writing life and working at Westrope�s Bookshop in Hampstead.
London, 1936. Gordon Comstock has declare…
Keep the Aspidistra Flying is George Orwell's savagely satirical portrait of the literary life and is based loosely on his own experiences of writing life and working at Westrope�s Bookshop in Hampstead.
London, 1936. Gordon Comstock has declare…
A wide-ranging selection of George Orwell's essays, written in the clear-eyed, passionate, and uncompromising style that has earned him a reputation as one of Britain's greatest writers.
One of the most thought-provoking and vivid essayists…
A wide-ranging selection of George Orwell's essays, written in the clear-eyed, passionate, and uncompromising style that has earned him a reputation as one of Britain's greatest writers.
One of the most thought-provoking and vivid essayists…
"The emotional urges which are inescapable, and are perhaps even necessary to political action, should be able to exist side by side with an acceptance of reality."
'Politics and the English Language' is widely considered one of Orwell…
"The emotional urges which are inescapable, and are perhaps even necessary to political action, should be able to exist side by side with an acceptance of reality."
'Politics and the English Language' is widely considered one of Orwell…
"Reflections on Gandhi" sees Orwell grapple with Gandhi's principal of non-violence, or Satyagraha («holding on to the truth»), as a political tool.
In this insightful and politically powerful essay, Orwell attempts to evaluate non-violence…
"Reflections on Gandhi" sees Orwell grapple with Gandhi's principal of non-violence, or Satyagraha («holding on to the truth»), as a political tool.
In this insightful and politically powerful essay, Orwell attempts to evaluate non-violence…
This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of all George Orwell's greatest non-fiction: 3 full-length books; a collection of his most well-renowned essays; and the complete collection of his poety.
Down and Out in Paris and London: Orwell rec…
This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of all George Orwell's greatest non-fiction: 3 full-length books; a collection of his most well-renowned essays; and the complete collection of his poety.
Down and Out in Paris and London: Orwell rec…
"A Clergyman's Daughter" is a 1935 novel by English author George Orwell. It tells the story of Dorothy Hare, the clergyman's daughter of the title, whose life is turned upside down when she suffers an attack of amnesia. It is Orwell&a…
"A Clergyman's Daughter" is a 1935 novel by English author George Orwell. It tells the story of Dorothy Hare, the clergyman's daughter of the title, whose life is turned upside down when she suffers an attack of amnesia. It is Orwell&a…
"The Road to Wigan Pier" is a book by the English writer George Orwell, first published in 1937. The first half of this work documents his sociological investigations of the bleak living conditions among the working class in Lancashire and Yorks…
"The Road to Wigan Pier" is a book by the English writer George Orwell, first published in 1937. The first half of this work documents his sociological investigations of the bleak living conditions among the working class in Lancashire and Yorks…
Looking Back on the Spanish War contains George Orwell's reminiscences of the sights, smells, and politics of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) in which he almost lost his life.
He recalls the appaling conditions in which he and his fellow soldier…
Looking Back on the Spanish War contains George Orwell's reminiscences of the sights, smells, and politics of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) in which he almost lost his life.
He recalls the appaling conditions in which he and his fellow soldier…
"What I have most wanted to do throughout the past ten years is to make political writing into an art."
In this essay, Orwell describes his personal journey to becoming a writer and offers some important motives for writing.
Moving from his expe…
"What I have most wanted to do throughout the past ten years is to make political writing into an art."
In this essay, Orwell describes his personal journey to becoming a writer and offers some important motives for writing.
Moving from his expe…
Coming Up for Air is a moving account of one man's attempt to recapture the innocence of childhood as war gravitates on the horizon.
George Bowling is forty-five, married with children, working as a suburban insurance salesman, and desperate to …
Coming Up for Air is a moving account of one man's attempt to recapture the innocence of childhood as war gravitates on the horizon.
George Bowling is forty-five, married with children, working as a suburban insurance salesman, and desperate to …
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
The animals of Manor Farm are in the midst of a revolution. Overworked and mistreated, they set themselves against Mr Jones and with flaming idealism and stirring slogans they…
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
The animals of Manor Farm are in the midst of a revolution. Overworked and mistreated, they set themselves against Mr Jones and with flaming idealism and stirring slogans they…
"Burmese Days" is the first novel by English writer George Orwell, published in 1934. Set in British Burma during the waning days of Empire, when Burma was ruled from Delhi as part of British India, it is «a portrait of the dark side of the Brit…
"Burmese Days" is the first novel by English writer George Orwell, published in 1934. Set in British Burma during the waning days of Empire, when Burma was ruled from Delhi as part of British India, it is «a portrait of the dark side of the Brit…
"Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel", often published as «1984», is a dystopian social science fiction novel by English novelist George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in…
"Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel", often published as «1984», is a dystopian social science fiction novel by English novelist George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in…
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.If there is one man to whom I do feel myself inferior, it is a coalminer.In the mid-1930s, George Orwell was given an assignment from his publisher – to write a …
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.If there is one man to whom I do feel myself inferior, it is a coalminer.In the mid-1930s, George Orwell was given an assignment from his publisher – to write a …
"Coming Up for Air" is the seventh book by English writer George Orwell, published in June 1939 by Victor Gollancz. It was written between 1938 and 1939 while Orwell spent time recuperating from illness in French Morocco, mainly in Marrakesh. He…
"Coming Up for Air" is the seventh book by English writer George Orwell, published in June 1939 by Victor Gollancz. It was written between 1938 and 1939 while Orwell spent time recuperating from illness in French Morocco, mainly in Marrakesh. He…
"Fifty Essays" is a collection of 50 essays by George Orwell. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic.
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"Fifty Essays" is a collection of 50 essays by George Orwell. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic.
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Included in this collection:
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"The Complete Works" is a collection of the 9 novels and 50 essays by George Orwell.
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Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His wor…
"The Complete Works" is a collection of the 9 novels and 50 essays by George Orwell.
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Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His wor…
"Keep the Aspidistra Flying", first published in 1936, is a socially critical novel by George Orwell. It is set in 1930s London. The main theme is Gordon Comstock's romantic ambition to defy worship of the money-god and status, and the dism…
"Keep the Aspidistra Flying", first published in 1936, is a socially critical novel by George Orwell. It is set in 1930s London. The main theme is Gordon Comstock's romantic ambition to defy worship of the money-god and status, and the dism…