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George Orwell's moving reflections on the English character and his passionate belief in the need for political change. 'The Lion and the Unicorn' was written in London during the worst period of the Blitz. It is vintage Orwell, a dynamic outline of his belief in socialism, patriotism and an English revolution. His fullest political statement, it has been described as 'one of the most moving and incisive portraits of the English character' and is as relevant now as it ever has been.

Geboren in der ehemaligen britischen Kolonie Indien verlief das Leben von George Orwell alles andere als geradlinig. Er besuchte Schulen in Indien und England, beherrschte mindestens zwei gebräuchliche Sprachen Indiens, arbeitete in diversen Gelegenheitsjobs, trieb sich als Landstreicher in England herum, studierte unter Aldous Huxley, verdiente sich seinen Lebensunterhalt als Polizist in Indien, nahm am spanischen Bürgerkrieg als Freiwilliger auf Seite der Republikaner teil und arbeitete Seite an Seite mit Ernest Hemingway als Kriegsberichterstatter.

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 donos. Progressivamente, porém, a revolução degenera numa tirania ainda mais...

Publicada originalmente em 1949, a distopia futurista 1984 é um dos romances mais influentes do século XX, um inquestionável clássico moderno. Lançada poucos meses antes da morte do autor, é uma obra magistral que ainda se impõe como uma poderosa reflexão ficcional sobre a essência...

Dorothy Hare, the dutiful daughter of a rector in Suffolk, spends her days performing good works and cultivating good thoughts, pricking her arm with a pin when a bad thought arises. She does her best to reconcile her father’s fanciful view of his position in the world with such realities as...

In 1936, George Orwell went to Spain to report on the civil war and instead joined the POUM militia to fight against the Fascists. In this now justly famous account of his experience, he describes both the bleak and the comic aspects of trench warfare on the Aragon front, the Barcelona uprising...

Orwell's own experiences inspire this semi-autobiographical novel about a penniless man living in Paris in the early 1930s. The narrator's poverty brings him into contact with strange incidents and characters, which he manages to chronicle with great sensitivity and graphic power. The latter...

George Bowling, an insurance salesman, hits middle age and feels impelled to "come up for air" from his life of quiet desperation. With seventeen pounds he has won at a race, he steals a vacation from his wife and his family and pays a visit to Lower Binfield, the village where he grew up, to...

When Orwell went to the north of England in the thirties to find out how industrial workers lived, he not only observed but shared in their experience. He stayed in cramped, dreary lodgings and subsisted on the scant, cheerless diet of the poor. He went down into the coal mines and walked...

Colonial politics in 1930 Kyauktada, India, come to a head when the European Club, previously for whites only, is ordered to elect one token native member. The deeply racist members do their best to manipulate the situation, resulting in the loss not only of reputations, but of lives. Amidst...

Viewed as too libelous to print in England until 1968, the title essay in this collection reveals the abuse Orwell experienced as a child at an expensive and snobbish boarding school and offers insights into his lifelong concern for the oppressed. "Why I Write" describes Orwell's sense of...

Gordon Comstock is a poor young man who works by day in a grubby London bookstore and spends his evenings shivering in a rented room, trying to write. Gordon has published a slim volume of verse and is determined to keep free of the “money world” of safe, lucrative jobs, marriage, and family...

The articles collected in George Orwell’s Essays illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century—a man who elevated political writing to an art. This outstanding collection brings together Orwell’s longer, major essays and a fine selection of shorter...

Experience the unyielding truth of George Orwell, the 20th century’s premier political conscience. Listening to this essential essay collection offers a masterclass in critical thinking, serving as the ultimate antidote to modern spin, doublespeak, and manufactured narratives. Politics and the...

„Alle Tiere sind gleich, aber manche sind gleicher als andere.”Farm der Tiere von George Orwell gehört zu den berühmtesten politischen Allegorien und dystopischen Satiren der Weltliteratur – ein kurzer, messerscharfer Klassiker, der heute so aktuell ist wie bei seinem Erscheinen im Jahr 1945. Dieses ungekürzte Hörbuch bringt Orwells zeitlose Fabel vollständig zu Gehör.Als die ausgebeuteten Tiere eines englischen Bauernhofs sich gegen ihren trunksüchtigen Herrn erheben, träumen sie von einer Welt, die auf Gleichheit, Freiheit und den Sieben Geboten des Animalismus beruht. Unter ...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. „Alle Tiere sind gleich, aber manche sind gleicher als andere.” Farm der Tiere von George Orwell gehört zu den berühmtesten politischen Allegorien und dystopischen Satiren der Weltliteratur – ein kurzer, messerscharfer Klassiker, der heute so...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. «Todos los animales son iguales, pero algunos animales son más iguales que otros.» Rebelión en la granja, de George Orwell, es una de las alegorías políticas y sátiras distópicas más célebres jamás escritas: un clásico breve y afilado que...

Erstmals 1945 erschienen, zählt Farm der Tiere zu George Orwells bekanntesten und einflussreichsten Werken – eine politische Satire, deren Schärfe bis heute nachwirkt. Die Tiere auf der Farm von Mr. Jones haben genug. Sie werden ausgebeutet, schlecht behandelt und um die Früchte ihrer Arbeit gebracht. Also erheben sie sich, vertreiben ihren Besitzer und wollen eine neue Ordnung schaffen – gegründet auf Freiheit, Gerechtigkeit und Gleichheit.

The essay describes the experience of the English narrator, possibly Orwell himself, called upon to shoot an aggressive elephant while working as a police officer in Burma. Because the locals expect him to do the job, he does so against his better judgment, his anguish increased by the...

À la Ferme du Manoir, les animaux, épuisés par l’exploitation, se révoltent contre leur propriétaire. Ils rêvent d’une communauté libre et juste, fondée sur l’égalité. Mais à mesure que les cochons prennent le contrôle, les idéaux de la révolution se déforment, les règles...