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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 Gullivers Travels- How the Poor Die- Such, Such Were the Joys- Reflections on Gandhi- Politics and the English Language

Escrito há mais de 70 anos, 1984 foi a terrível profecia de George Orwell para o futuroSua visão distópica relata um governo que fará qualquer coisa para manter total controleEm 1984, Londres é uma c

Considerado um dos maiores escritores do séc. XX, de forte relevância até os dias de hoje, o que pode ser comprovado pelo fato de nunca sair da lista de livros mais vendidos pelo mundo, George Orwell

Winston vive aprisionado na engrenagem totalitária de uma sociedade completamente dominada pelo Estado, onde tudo é feito coletivamente, mas cada qual vive sozinho. Ninguém escapa à vigilância do Gra

Em um belo dia, os animais da fazendo do Sr. Jones se dão conta da vida miserável a que são submetidos: eles se matam de trabalhar para os homens, lhes dão todas as suas energias em troca de uma pouc

A fazenda dos animais é uma novela satírica de George Orwell publicada em 1945 e incluída pela revista Time na lista das 100 melhores obras literárias em língua inglesa de todos os tempos. Nesta famosa fabula politica, Orwell conta a historia de um grupo de animais de fazenda que se rebela contra seu fazendeiro na esperança de criar uma sociedade igualitaria onde os animais possam ser livres e tratados com dignidade. No entanto, a rebelio e traida por uma parte do grupo que assume uma postura autoritaria. Essa historia faz referencia a Revoluço Russa de 1917 e depois a era Stalinista e aborda temas como o autoritarismo, a tirania, as fraquezas humanas como a ganancia, o desejo pelo poder, a manipulaço politica e a exploraço dos mais humildes. A fazenda dos animais foi inicialmente recusada por grandes editoras por seu teor politico, mas quando publicada tornou-se um sucesso de critica e vendas e trouxe fama e reconhecimento ao autor.

Questo volume offre al pubblico italiano tre importanti inediti di George Orwell: i Diari di guerra, il celebre saggio Il leone e l'unicorno e le appassionate Lettere da Londra, scritte per la rivista socialista americana "Partisan Review". Meno noti rispetto alle opere di narrativa orwelliane, questi scritti ci consegnano, a sessant'anni di distanza, una testimonianza unica di uno dei momenti piu difficili della storia dell'Inghilterra e del mondo intero. Scritti a partire dal maggio 1940, con la capitolazione della Francia di fronte all'avanzata dell'esercito tedesco, i Diari descrivono la lotta quotidiana della popolazione civile inglese contro le privazioni e i pericoli, le tensioni e i sospetti, la tragedia dei bombardamenti, le folle di profughi ebrei che cercano rifugio nella metropolitana, il cibo razionato. Con alcune inaspettate pagine dedicate all'Italia e agli italiani che vivevano nel Regno Unito (diventati veri e propri paria dopo l'entrata in guerra di Mussolini), Orwell offre al lettore di oggi una serie di acute, illuminanti, spietatamente lucide riflessioni sulla sua epoca e sulle tragedie belliche di ogni tempo.

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls peoples lives every second of the day. Alone in his small, one-room apartment, Winston dreams of a better life. Is freedom from this life of suffering possible? There must be something that the Party cannot control something like love, perhaps?

Animal Farm is one of the most famous warnings ever written. Orwell's immortal satire - 'against Stalin' as he wrote to his French translator - can be read on many levels. With its piercing clarity and deceptively simple style it is no surprise that this novel is required reading for schoolchildren and politicians alike. This fable of the steadfast horses Boxer and Clover, the opportunistic pigs Snowball and Napoleon, and the deafening choir of sheep remains an unparalleled masterpiece.One reviewer wrote 'In a hundred years' time perhaps Animal Farm ... may simply be a fairy story: today it is a fairy story with a good deal of point.' Over sixty years on in the age of spin, it is more relevant than ever.Rejected by such eminent publishing figures as Victor Gollancz, Jonathan Cape and T.S. Eliot, Animal Farm was published to great acclaim by Martin Secker and Warburg on 17 August 1945 in an edition of 4500 copies. In the centenary year of Martin Secker, Ltd., Harvill Secker is proud to publish this special edition with a brand-new introduction by Christopher Hitchens.

Inquietante interpretación futurista basada en la crítica a los totalitarismos y a la opresión del poder.Londres, 1984: Winston Smith decide rebelarse ante un gobierno totalitario que controla cada uno de los movimientos de sus ciudadanos y castiga incluso a aquellos que delinquen con el pensamiento. Consciente de las terribles consecuencias que puede acarrear la disidencia, Winston se une a la ambigua Hermandad por mediacion del lider OBrien. Paulatinamente, sin embargo, nuestro protagonista va comprendiendo que ni la Hermandad ni OBrien son lo que aparentan, y que la rebelion, al cabo, quiza sea un objetivo inalcanzable. Por su magnifico analisis del poder y de las relaciones y dependencias que crea en los individuos, 1984 es una de las novelas mas inquietantes y atractivas de este siglo.

Down and Out in Paris and London is a memoir in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. 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 tramps perspective, with descriptions of the types of hostel accommodation available and some of the characters to be found living on the margins.

This meticulously edited collection of George Orwells Critical Writings is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Thoughts on England:Down the MineNorth and SouthDemocracy in the British ArmyThe Lion and the UnicornAntisemitism in BritainIn Defence of English CookingDecline of the English MurderPolitics and the English LanguageReflections on War and Society:Spilling the Spanish BeansNot Counting NiggersProphecies of FascismWells, Hitler and the World StateLooking Back on the Spanish WarWho Are the War Criminals?Future of a Ruined GermanyRevenge is SourYou and the Atomic BombNotes on NationalismCatastrophic GradualismFreedom of the ParkHow the Poor DieIn Front of Your NoseViews on Literature, Art & Famous Men:In Defence of the NovelNotes on the WayCharles DickensCharles ReadeInside The WhaleLiterature and TotalitarianismThe Art of Donald McgillRudyard KiplingW. B. YeatsMark TwainRaffles and Miss BlandishArthur KoestlerBenefit of Clergy: Some Notes on Salvador DaliGood Bad BooksNonsense PoetryIn Defence of P. G. WodehousePolitics vs. LiteratureConfessions of a Book ReviewerThe Prevention of LiteratureLear, Tolstoy and the FoolWriters and LeviathanReflections on GandhiBook Reviews:Mein KampfPersonal RecordThe Totalitarian EnemyThe Development of William Butler YeatsMiscellaneous Writings:A Farthing NewspaperThe SpikeA HangingBookshop MemoriesShooting an ElephantMarrakechNew WordsBoys Weeklies and Frank Richardss ReplyPoetry and the MicrophoneThe Sporting SpiritA Good Word for the Vicar of BrayA Nice Cup of TeaPleasure SpotsRiding Down from BangorSome Thoughts on the Common ToadJames Burnham and the Managerial RevolutionWhy I WriteBooks vs. CigarettesSuch, Such Were the JoysAs I Please

És un llibre molt modest: sembla que digui el mínim que es pot dir d'un tema de gran magnitud. I, en dir-ne el mínim, en diu el màxim. El tema principal és un període de la Guerra Civil espanyola en

Los animales de la granja de los Jones se sublevan contra sus dueños humanos y los vencen. Pero la rebelión fracasará al surgir entre ellos rivalidades y envidias, y al aliarse algunos con los amos que derrocaron, traicionando su propia identidad y los intereses de su clase.Aunque Rebelion en la granja fue concebida como una despiadada satira del estalinismo, el caracter universal de su mensaje hace de este libro un extraordinario analisis de la corrupcion que engendra el poder, una furibunda diatriba contra el totalitarismo de cualquier especie y un lucido examen de las manipulaciones que sufre la verdad historica en los momentos de transformacion politica. Cronica de una revolucion traicionada, de la gradual tergiversacion de un ideal, de como esterilizar años de lucha y sacrificio, Rebelion en la granja es un examen de conciencia y una inflamacion requisitoria que encuentra bellisima expresion literaria en la novela de un hombre que hizo del compromiso y de la denuncia de la injusticia la norma de su existencia.

A collection of erudite and typically contrarian essays from the late great art critic.Writing for the Evening Standard, but ever unwilling to tow the line, Brian gives uncompromising, witty and cultured opinions on the hot topics of his day, many of which are startlingly relevant now. Written while columnist for the Evening Standard from 1996 to 2002, Brian Sewell''s Orwell Prize-winning essays tackle issues as diverse as battery farming and pornography as well as subjects still at the fore of public discourse such as housing and immigration. He wages a veritable one man war against the political and social evils of the time and casts his discerning eye over the tenures of both John Major and Tony Blair, ever the sceptic as the latter was swept to power on a wave of optimism.Controversial and idiosyncratic throughout, his opinions are backed up by a vast well of knowledge and his humanitarian instincts shine through in diatribes on attitudes towards homelessness and child labour, among other causes. Written with his trademark eloquence and humour, this collection celebrates his extraordinary career and marks a year on from his sad death at the age of 84.