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"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 Yorkshire in the industrial north of England before World War II. The second half is a long essay on his middle-class upbringing, and the development of his political conscience, questioning British attitudes towards socialism. Orwell states plainly that he himself is in favour of socialism, but feels it necessary to point out reasons why many people who would benefit from socialism, and should logically support it, are in practice likely to be strong opponents.
According to Orwell biographer Bernard Crick, publisher Victor Gollancz first tried to persuade Orwell's agent to allow the Left Book Club edition to consist solely of the descriptive first half of the book. When this was refused Gollancz wrote an introduction to the book. «Victor could not bear to reject it, even though his suggestion that the 'repugnant' second half should be omitted from the Club edition was turned down. On this occasion Victor, albeit nervously, did overrule Communist Party objections in favour of his publishing instinct. His compromise was to publish the book with [an introduction] full of good criticism, unfair criticism, and half-truths.»
The book grapples «with the social and historical reality of Depression suffering in the north of England, – Orwell does not wish merely to enumerate evils and injustices, but to break through what he regards as middle-class oblivion, – Orwell's corrective to such falsity comes first by immersion of his own body – a supreme measure of truth for Orwell – directly into the experience of misery.»
According to Orwell biographer Bernard Crick, publisher Victor Gollancz first tried to persuade Orwell's agent to allow the Left Book Club edition to consist solely of the descriptive first half of the book. When this was refused Gollancz wrote an introduction to the book. «Victor could not bear to reject it, even though his suggestion that the 'repugnant' second half should be omitted from the Club edition was turned down. On this occasion Victor, albeit nervously, did overrule Communist Party objections in favour of his publishing instinct. His compromise was to publish the book with [an introduction] full of good criticism, unfair criticism, and half-truths.»
The book grapples «with the social and historical reality of Depression suffering in the north of England, – Orwell does not wish merely to enumerate evils and injustices, but to break through what he regards as middle-class oblivion, – Orwell's corrective to such falsity comes first by immersion of his own body – a supreme measure of truth for Orwell – directly into the experience of misery.»
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"Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays" is a collection of 23 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. His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
Included in this collection: – Why I Write – The Spike – A Hanging – Shooting an Elephant – Bookshop Memories – Charles Dickens – Boys' Weeklies – My Country Right or Left – Looking Back on the Spanish War – In Defence of English Cooking – Good Bad Books – The Sporting Spirit – Nonsense Poetry – The Prevention of Literature – Books v. Cigarettes – Decline of the English Murder – Some Thoughts on the Common Toad – Confessions of a Book Reviewer – Politics v. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver's Travels – How the Poor Die – Such, Such Were the Joys – Reflections on Gandhi – Politics and the English Language
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 work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
Included in this collection: – Why I Write – The Spike – A Hanging – Shooting an Elephant – Bookshop Memories – Charles Dickens – Boys' Weeklies – My Country Right or Left – Looking Back on the Spanish War – In Defence of English Cooking – Good Bad Books – The Sporting Spirit – Nonsense Poetry – The Prevention of Literature – Books v. Cigarettes – Decline of the English Murder – Some Thoughts on the Common Toad – Confessions of a Book Reviewer – Politics v. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver's Travels – How the Poor Die – Such, Such Were the Joys – Reflections on Gandhi – Politics and the English Language
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"Politics and the English Language and Other Essays" is a collection of 6 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. His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
Included in this collection: – Politics and the English Language – Politics vs. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver's Travels – The Prevention of Literature – Why I Write – Writers and Leviathan – Poetry and the Microphone
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 work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
Included in this collection: – Politics and the English Language – Politics vs. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver's Travels – The Prevention of Literature – Why I Write – Writers and Leviathan – Poetry and the Microphone
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George Orwell – Farm der Tiere: Farm der Tiere (Animal Farm) ist eine dystopische Fabel von George Orwell, erschienen im Jahr 1945. Inhalt ist die Erhebung der Tiere einer englischen Farm gegen die Herrschaft ihres menschlichen Besitzers, der sie vernachlässigt und ausbeutet. Nach anfänglichen Erfolgen und beginnendem Wohlstand übernehmen die Schweine immer mehr die Führung und errichten schließlich eine Gewaltherrschaft, die schlimmer ist als diejenige, welche die Tiere abschütteln wollten.
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"The Complete Works" is a collection of the 9 novels and 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. His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
Novels included in this collection: – Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) – Burmese Days (1934) – A Clergyman's Daughter (1935) – Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936) – The Road to Wigan Pier (1937) – Homage to Catalonia (1938) – Coming Up for Air (1939) – Animal Farm (1945) – Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
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 work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
Novels included in this collection: – Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) – Burmese Days (1934) – A Clergyman's Daughter (1935) – Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936) – The Road to Wigan Pier (1937) – Homage to Catalonia (1938) – Coming Up for Air (1939) – Animal Farm (1945) – Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
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"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 his lifetime. Thematically, «Nineteen Eighty-Four» centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modelled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated.
The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984, when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and propaganda. Great Britain, known as Airstrip One, has become a province of a totalitarian superstate named Oceania that is ruled by the Party who employ the Thought Police to persecute individuality and independent thinking. Big Brother, the leader of the Party, enjoys an intense cult of personality despite the fact that he may not even exist. The protagonist, Winston Smith, is a diligent and skillful rank-and-file worker and Outer Party member who secretly hates the Party and dreams of rebellion. He enters into a forbidden relationship with a colleague, Julia, and starts to remember what life was like before the Party came to power.
The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984, when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and propaganda. Great Britain, known as Airstrip One, has become a province of a totalitarian superstate named Oceania that is ruled by the Party who employ the Thought Police to persecute individuality and independent thinking. Big Brother, the leader of the Party, enjoys an intense cult of personality despite the fact that he may not even exist. The protagonist, Winston Smith, is a diligent and skillful rank-and-file worker and Outer Party member who secretly hates the Party and dreams of rebellion. He enters into a forbidden relationship with a colleague, Julia, and starts to remember what life was like before the Party came to power.
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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.
Included in this collection: – The Spike (1931) – A Hanging (1931) – Bookshop Memories (1936) – Shooting an Elephant (1936) – Down the Mine (1937) – North and South (1937) – Spilling the Spanish Beans (1937) – Marrakech (1939) – Boys' Weeklies and Frank Richards's Reply (1940) – Charles Dickens (1940) – Charles Reade (1940) – Inside the Whale (1940) – The Art of Donald McGill (1941) – The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius (1941) – Wells, Hitler and the World State (1941) – Looking Back on the Spanish War (1942) – Rudyard Kipling (1942) – Mark Twain—The Licensed Jester (1943) – Poetry and the Microphone (1943) – W B Yeats (1943) – Arthur Koestler (1944) – Benefit of Clergy: Some Notes on Salvador Dali (1944) – Raffles and Miss Blandish (1944) – Antisemitism in Britain (1945) – Freedom of the Park (1945) – Future of a Ruined Germany (1945) – Good Bad Books (1945) – In Defence Of P. G. Wodehouse (1945) – Nonsense Poetry (1945) – Notes on Nationalism (1945) – Revenge is Sour (1945) – The Sporting Spirit (1945) – You and the Atomic Bomb (1945) – A Good Word for the Vicar of Bray (1946) – A Nice Cup of Tea (1946) – Books vs. Cigarettes (1946) – Confessions of a Book Reviewer (1946) – Decline of the English Murder (1946) – How the Poor Die (1946) – James Burnham and the Managerial Revolution (1946) – Pleasure Spots (1946) – Politics and the English Language (1946) – Politics vs. Literature: an Examination of Gulliver's Travels (1946) – Riding Down from Bangor (1946) – Some Thoughts on the Common Toad (1946) – The Prevention of Literature (1946) – Why I Write (1946) – Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool (1947) – Such, Such were the Joys (1947) – Writers and Leviathan (1948) – Reflections on Gandhi (1949)
Included in this collection: – The Spike (1931) – A Hanging (1931) – Bookshop Memories (1936) – Shooting an Elephant (1936) – Down the Mine (1937) – North and South (1937) – Spilling the Spanish Beans (1937) – Marrakech (1939) – Boys' Weeklies and Frank Richards's Reply (1940) – Charles Dickens (1940) – Charles Reade (1940) – Inside the Whale (1940) – The Art of Donald McGill (1941) – The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius (1941) – Wells, Hitler and the World State (1941) – Looking Back on the Spanish War (1942) – Rudyard Kipling (1942) – Mark Twain—The Licensed Jester (1943) – Poetry and the Microphone (1943) – W B Yeats (1943) – Arthur Koestler (1944) – Benefit of Clergy: Some Notes on Salvador Dali (1944) – Raffles and Miss Blandish (1944) – Antisemitism in Britain (1945) – Freedom of the Park (1945) – Future of a Ruined Germany (1945) – Good Bad Books (1945) – In Defence Of P. G. Wodehouse (1945) – Nonsense Poetry (1945) – Notes on Nationalism (1945) – Revenge is Sour (1945) – The Sporting Spirit (1945) – You and the Atomic Bomb (1945) – A Good Word for the Vicar of Bray (1946) – A Nice Cup of Tea (1946) – Books vs. Cigarettes (1946) – Confessions of a Book Reviewer (1946) – Decline of the English Murder (1946) – How the Poor Die (1946) – James Burnham and the Managerial Revolution (1946) – Pleasure Spots (1946) – Politics and the English Language (1946) – Politics vs. Literature: an Examination of Gulliver's Travels (1946) – Riding Down from Bangor (1946) – Some Thoughts on the Common Toad (1946) – The Prevention of Literature (1946) – Why I Write (1946) – Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool (1947) – Such, Such were the Joys (1947) – Writers and Leviathan (1948) – Reflections on Gandhi (1949)
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"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 written deliberately in a non-academic tone. Its target audience was the middle and upper class members of society—those who were more likely to be well educated—and exposes the poverty existing in two prosperous cities: Paris and London. The first part is an account of living in near-destitution in Paris and the experience of casual labour in restaurant kitchens. The second part is a travelogue of life on the road in and around London from the tramp's perspective, with descriptions of the types of hostel accommodation available and some of the characters to be found living on the margins.
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George Orwell – La Ferme des animaux: La Ferme des animaux s'agit d'un apologue écrit sous la forme d'une fable animalière, mais également d'une dystopie. Dans ce roman, George Orwell propose une satire de la Révolution russe et une critique du régime soviétique, en particulier du stalinisme, et au-delà, des régimes autoritaires et du totalitarisme.
