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1984 by George Orwell
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Category: Classics
Renowned urban artist Shepard Fairey's new look for Orwell's classic dystopian tale. 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.' Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Poli ...Show more
1984 & Animal Farm by George Orwell
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Category: Classics
George Orwell's novels about the dangers of tyranny, the corruption of the state and the enslavement of the individual are essential reading. In an era of doublespeak, they remain chillingly prophetic.Introductions by Charlotte Wood, 1984and Don Watson, Animal Farm.
Animal Farm by George Orwell
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Category: Classics
A new edition of this vitally important political novel from George Orwell. First published in 1945, Animal Farm — the history of a revolution that went wrong — is Orwell’s brilliant satire on the corrupting influence of power. Features an exclusive introduction by Alan Johnson. ‘All animals are equal. ...Show more
Animal Farm by George Orwell
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Category: Classics
All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others. Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Snowball leads to the animals taking over the farm. Vowing to eliminate the ...Show more
Animal Farm by George Orwell
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
'All animals are equal - but some are more equal than others' When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless élite among them, masterminded ...Show more
Animal Farm (Macmillan Collector's Library) by George Orwell
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Animal Farm is the account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny erected by their own kind, can fairly be said to have become a universal drama. Orwell is one of the very few modern satirists comparable to Jonathan Swift in power, artis ...Show more
Animal Farm (Penguin Clothbound Classic) by George Orwell
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others'When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterm ...Show more
Burmese Days by George Orwell
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Set in the days of the Empire, with the British ruling in Burma, "Burmese Days" describes both indigenous corruption and Imperial bigotry, when 'after all, natives were natives - interesting, no doubt, but finally only a 'subject' people, an inferior people with black faces'. Against the prevailing orth ...Show more
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
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Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Orwell's first published book, Down and Out in Paris and London, is at once a very personal account, an exposé of poverty-stricken lives between the wars, and a call for social and economic reform.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gol ...Show more
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Essentials Ser.
With new cover by urban artist Shepard Fairey. To be poor and destitute in 1920s Paris and London was to experience life at its lowest ebb. George Orwell, penniless and with nowhere to go, found himself experiencing just this as he wandered the streets of both capitals in search of a job. By day, he tra ...Show more
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
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Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's account of his experiences fighting in the Spanish Civil War, and a portrait of disillusionment with his early politics. It also offers a personal background to the subtexts of his later novels, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Orwell's experiences include bei ...Show more
Nineteen Eighty-Four Clothbound Classic by George Orwell
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
'Who controls the past controls the future- who controls the present controls the past.'Hidden away in the Records Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, w ...Show more