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Homage to Catalonia, his passionate memoir of fighting in the war, captures the revolutionary fervour and high hopes of joining up in Barcelona, the fear and chaos of the front, and the bullet wound and bitter betrayal that nearly cost him his life. The powerful journalism, essays, letters and pamphlets also collected here show his resolution to tell the truth about the war amid a 'crop of lies' from both the Communist Party and the British press. In 'Looking Back on the Spanish War' he recalls his desperate disillusionment, but also remembers the heroism and decency of the ordinary people he encountered.

This major new collection brings together the best of George Orwell's powerful political essays and journalism with his evergreen satire on totalitarianism, Animal Farm. They show the vast range of his political interests, with articles expressing his views on subjects from corrupt political language to the oppressive British Empire; his masterly wartime Socialist polemic, 'The Lion and the Unicorn a wry review of Mein Kampf; a defence of Nineteen Eighty-Four; and extracts from his controversial list of 'Crypto-communists'. These writings are testament to Orwell's lifelong passion for politics, for telling unpalatable truths and exposing injustice, yet doing so with wit and humanity: in his words, making 'political writing into an art'.

Los cuatro ensayos breves recopilados en estapublicación se encuentran entre los másimportantes dentro del pensamiento político deGeorge Orwell, que exhibe su agudezaelevando la escritura política a la categoria dearte. Son escritos cortos y fulgurantes: Tu y labomba atomica (1945) contiene una reflexioninmediatamente posterior al lanzamiento porlos EEUU de las bombas atomicas sobreHiroshima y Nagasaki, en la que se formula porprimera vez la idea de la guerra fria,expresion acuñada por Orwell, en la quecaerian las grandes potencias atenazadas porel poder destructivo absoluto del atomo.Disparar a un elefante (1936) contiene unacritica profunda al colonialismo britanico y ladegradacion humana a la que conducia a todoslos sujetos participantes. Esta basado en supropia experiencia como policia colonial enBirmania. Notas sobre el nacionalismo (1947),penetra en las caracteristicas de multiplesismos fundados sobre la rigidez que rechazael debate y la reflexion.

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ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS. When the animals take over the farm, they think it is the start of a better life. Their dream is of a world where all animals are equal and all property is shared. Animal Farm is one of the classic stories of modern English fiction and is a powerful study of the use and abuse of political power.

1984 sitúa su acción en un Estado totalitario. Como explica O’Brien, el astuto y misterioso miembro de la dirección del partido dominante, el poder es el valor absoluto y único: para conquistarlo no

Described by Anthony Burgess as 'the best-loved of all twentieth-century British writers', George Orwell still has as much power to move, amuse and provoke today. His best known novels, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, are two of the most famous, well-quoted and influential political satires ever written. The other novels here are also concerned with individuals at odds with repressive institutions: the corrupt imperialism of Burmese Days, disaffection with materialistic society in Keep the Aspidistra Flying, the perils of modern suburban living in Coming up for Air and the down and out girl in A Clergyman's Daughter. They all display Orwell's deep understanding of human nature, his biting humour and great compassion.

Esta colección de escritos de George Orwell se organiza en torno a lo que fue su obsesión: la literatura y la política. Como escritor y periodista intentará precisar sus ideas al filo de los acontecimientos. La guerra civil española le hara descubrir al mismo tiempo la revolucion social igualitaria y el totalitarismo stalinista. Desde 1937, cada linea que escribe es una denuncia del totalitarismo, de la mentira stalinista y de la bajeza intelectuala ella proclive.

Great reads for all ages The world s greatest classic stories come to life in these expert retellings Baker Street Readers give an enchanting taste of the original tales quoting best known lines and most memorable moments all supported with wonderfully witty and sometimes scary illustrations

« Cinq années d’ennui, sans même le son des trompettes ! » Dans ce livre, George Orwell relate son expérience d’officier dans les forces de l’ordre en Birmanie de 1922 à 1927. Il marque également sa

Rebelión en la granja (1945) es un cuento satírico de George Orwell acerca de un grupo de animales en una granja que expulsan a los humanos y crean un sistema de gobierno propia que acaba convirtiéndose en una tirania brutal. La novela fue escrita durante la segunda guerra mundial y , aunque fue publicada en 1945, no comenzo a ser conocida por el publico hasta finales de los años cincuenta. Rebelion en la granja constituye una critica velada de la Revolucion Rusa y una satira sobre la corrupcion del socialismo sovietico en los tiempos de Stalin.

'It is the history of a revolution that went wrong - and of the excellent excuses that were forthcoming at every step for the perversion of the original doctrine', wrote Orwell for the first edition of Animal Farm in 1945. Orwell wrote it at the end of 1943, but it almost remained unpublished. Its savage attack on Stalin, at that time Britain's ally, led to it being refused by publisher after publisher. Orwell's simple, tragic fable, telling what happens when the animals drive out Mr Jones and attempt to run the farm themselves, has since become a world-famous classic.