George Orwell - Books and biography

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...

This excellent collection brings together Orwell's longer, major essays and a fine selection of shorter pieces. With great originality and wit Orwell unfolds his views on subjects ranging from a revaluation...

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...

Down and Out in Paris and London is the first full-length work by the English author George Orwell, published in 1933. It is a memoir in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities, which was...

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...

Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting for the POUM militia of the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War. The war was one of the defining...

First of all the physical memories,The sounds, the smells and the surfaces of things. It is curious that more vividly than anything that came afterwards in the Spanish war I remember the week of so-called...

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...

"1984" (tit. orig. "Nineteen Eighty-Four") è il più celebre romanzo di George Orwell ed è stato scritto nel 1948. Una guerra devastante ha suddiviso il pianeta in tre super-potenze, in lotta fra loro...

La fattoria degli animali Con La fattoria degli animali (pubblicato nel 1945) Orwell scrisse il suo testo forse più famoso, diventato ormai un vero e proprio classico. Dietro l’apparente semplicità della...

George Orwell's timeless novel Animal Farm, one of Time magazine's 100 best English-language novels of all time, has been translated by Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul into Gaelic for the very first time. When...

Winston Smith is in prison, found guilty of Thoughtcrimes against Big Brother. As part of his reconstruction, he must re-enact key moments from his past life, with the help of other thought criminals,...

From one of Britain's most acclaimed essayists, a stunning new collection on writers and writing A brilliant literary critic, George Orwell approached works of literature on his own unique terms. Witty,...

A new collection that celebrates Orwell's status as England's greatest social chronicler No writer understood the English quite like George Orwell. In unravelling the hypocrisies and contradictions of...

AS MAIS IMPORTANTES OBRAS DO RENOMADO AUTOR REUNIDAS EM UM BOX ESPECIAL. No mundo existem pessoas que escrevem. Entre elas, existem os escritores. E entre os escritores existem aqueles que, de tão relevantes,...

Em um belo dia, os animais da fazendo do Sr. Jones se dão conta da vida miserável a que são submetidos: eles se matam de trabalhar para os homens, lhes dão todas as suas energias em troca de uma pouca...

A fazenda dos animais é uma novela satírica de George Orwell publicada em 1945 e incluída pela revista Time na lista das 100 melhores obras literárias em língua inglesa de todos os tempos. Nesta famosa...

A Revolução dos Bichos, clássico texto de George Orwell, chega aos jovens leitores nesta instigante adaptação de Henrique Rodrigues e ilustrações de Adriana Cataldo. Transportada para solo brasileiro,...

Esta fábula aparentemente singela reflete sobre temas que marcaram o século XX. A vida é dura para os animais da Fazenda do Solar. Dia após dia, faça chuva ou faça sol, o trabalho é incessante. Sobre...

Esta é a história da revolta dos animais contra a opressão e a violência dos homens, gerando uma verdadeira revolução. Após os bichos expulsarem os donos da fazenda, eles tomam conta do lugar e criam...

The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius was published in February 1941, well into the Second World War, after Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain. It is a long essay, divided into three...

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...

This Excellent Collection brings together Orwell's longer, major books and a fine selection of shorter pieces. With great originality and wit Orwell unfolds his views on subjects ranging from a revaluation...

The Road to Wigan Pier is a book written by the English author George Orwell. It was published in 1937 and is a combination of social commentary and personal reflections. The book explores the harsh living...

Venez découvrir La Ferme des animaux, le roman de George Orwell, grâce à une analyse littéraire de référence. Écrite par un spécialiste universitaire, cette fiche de lecture est recommandée par de nombreux...

Nel 1936 George Orwell arriva in Spagna per scrivere alcuni articoli sulla guerra civile in atto che vede contrapposti il governo legittimo della Repubblica, sostenuto da anarchici e comunisti, e le truppe...

Poteva essere uno straccione e morire di freddo o anche di fame, ma finché era in grado di leggere, pensare e cercare le meteore nel cielo era libero nella mente. Perché i vagabondi sono così detestati?...

"Quello che realizzò in maniera sempre più chiara via via che passavano gli anni era che l’adorazione dei soldi si era elevata al rango di religione. Forse è l’unica vera religione, l’unica religione...

À l’heure où le totalitarisme régnait de l’autre côté de la Manche, ces pages résonnent comme un appel à défendre une éthique, une culture et des valeurs bafouées par le culte et la pratique nationaliste...

De 1941 à 1943, Orwell fut engagé par le service indien de la BBC destiné à porter une bonne parole culturelle et politique aux sujets du bon roi George VI du sous-continent asiatique. Esprit libre entre...