George Orwell - Books and biography

'The general uncertainty as to what is really happening makes it easier to cling to lunatic beliefs'Biting and timeless reflections on patriotism, prejudice and power, from the man who wrote about his...

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...

'You can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business'As a struggling writer in his twenties, Orwell lived as a down-and-out among the poorest members of society....

'This selection is a ceaseless delight ... there is a treat on almost every page' Daily TelegraphGeorge Orwell wrote, in his words, from 'a desire to see things as they are'. This new collection of...

'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others'Mr Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is a lazy drunk. The animals decide to overthrow him in a revolution that will allow them to run...

Years in insurance and marriage to the joyless Hilda have been no more than death in life to George Bowling. This and fear of another war take his mind back to the peace of his childhood in a small country...

'An unrivalled picture of the rumours, suspicions and treachery of civil war' Antony BeevorEvery line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism...

Intimidated by her father, the rector of Knype Hill, Dorothy performs her submissive roles of dutiful daughter and bullied housekeeper. Her thoughts are taken up with the costumes she is making for the...

This is Orwell's memoir of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War - a groundbreaking work of dissident literature drawn from vivid personal experience. There are occasions where it pays better to...

THE JURA EDITION with new introduction by Alex Massie'For him Jura was home' - Richard Blair on his father George Orwell'The book of the twentieth century . . . haunts us with an ever-darker relevance'...

Sarcástico, engraçado e implacável: a inteligência e o charme de Orwell são excepcionalmente incríveis neste livro. Em nove ensaios o autor usa a veracidade como sua única estrela. Sua contribuição literária...

Publicado pela primeira vez em 1933, este é um livro de memórias fictício, mas também um pouco autobiográfico que trata da pobreza nas duas cidades. A primeira parte é um relato de como um escritor...

Una obra mestra ambientada en una societat distòpica, totalitària i dictatorial, que reflexiona sobre conceptes encara vigents com ara la censura, la manipulació dels mitjans de comunicació i la falta...

« Le pouvoir nous enseigne à rejeter l’évidence de nos yeux et de nos oreilles. C’est son commandement ultime, le plus essentiel. Winston sentit son cœur lui manquer à la pensée de la puissance démesurée...

The first ever graphic novel version of Animal Farm - a Times Book of the YearAnimal Farm is the story of what happens when the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master, and how their...

Beginning with a dilemma about whether he spends more money on reading or smoking, George Orwell’s entertaining and uncompromising essays go on to explore everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops...

A new edition of Orwell's timeless dystopian classic, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D.J. TaylorSince its first publication in 1949, Orwell's devastating expose of the totalitarian mind has...

GEORGE ORWELL é o pseudônimo de Eric Arthur Blair, nascido em Motihari, Índia britânica, em 1903, e educado na Inglaterra. Trabalhou no exército, seguindo a tradição familiar, foi combatente na Guerra...

O GRANDE IRMÃO ESTÁ DE OLHO EM VOCÊ! Publicado pela primeira vez em 1949, apenas um ano antes da morte de seu autor, 1984 tornou-se um clássico moderno que nos alerta que o autoritarismo (não importa...

Uma fazenda é tomada por seus animais maltratados e sobrecarregados. Cheios de idealismo, eles se propõem a criar um paraíso de progresso, justiça e igualdade, administrando o local por conta própria....

From the author of 1984, George Orwell narrates the journey of a writer among the down-and-out in two great cities in this sobering, truthful portrayal of poverty and society. Famous for its realistic...

Verdadeiro clássico moderno, concebido por um dos mais influentes escritores do século XX, A revolução dos bichos é uma fábula sobre o poder. Narra a insurreição dos animais de uma granja contra seus...

"De tous les carrefours importants, le visage à la moustache noire vous fixait du regard. BIG BROTHER VOUS REGARDE, répétait la légende, tandis que le regard des yeux noirs pénétrait les yeux de Winston......

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George Orwell's searing account of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s, The Road to Wigan Pier is a brilliant and bitter polemic that has lost...

« Notre langue devient laide et imprécise parce que notre pensée est abrutie, lequel abrutissement est lui-même facilité par la négligence dont souffre notre langue. »George Orwell n’épargne aucun de...

Un certain 21 juin eut lieu en Angleterre la révolte des animaux. Les cochons dirigent le nouveau régime. Snowball et Napoléon, cochons en chef, affichent un règlement : 'Tout ce qui est sur deux jambes...

Breve coletânea de um dos maiores ensaístas contemporâneos, Por que escrevo traz textos sobre o poder dos livros e da leitura, a importância da linguagem e a necessidade de se escrever. Tudo isso com...

Publicado em 1949, o texto de Orwell nasceu destinado à polêmica. Traduzido em mais de sessenta países, virou minissérie, filmes, quadrinhos, mangás e até uma ópera. Ganhou holofotes em 1999, quando uma...

'ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL. BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS' They are fenced-in and caged, robbed of the fruits of their labour. The animals on Manor Farm have had enough. They start a revolution...