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Aunque Rebelión en la granja fue concebida como una sátira devastadora sobre la degeneración del régimen soviético en la época de Stalin, el carácter universal de su mensaje la convierte en una obra fundamental para comprender la corrupcion engendrada por el poder absoluto. Despues de ser rechazada por cuatro editores, Animal Farm fue publicada por Secker & Warburg en 1945 y no fue conocida por el gran publico hasta entrados los años 50. Hoy, traducida en todo el mundo y con millones de ejemplares vendidos, se ha convertido en una obra canonica y en un lucido legado literario de uno de los autores mas clarividentes y con mayor compromiso social del siglo xx.La presente edicion de Libros del Zorro Rojo, incluye mas de 50 ilustraciones, asi como tambien bocetos preliminares, del multipremiado artista britanico, Ralph Steadman, especializado en satira politica y social. Su notable trabajo para Rebelion en la granja, amplifica y trasciende los sentidos de la fabula erigiendose como una de las interpretaciones mas originales que se hayan realizado. La traduccion al castellano ha estado a cargo de Marcial Souto, reconocidotraductor de autores tales como J. G. Ballard o Ray Bradbury.

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

This is the essential edition of the essential book of modern times,1984, now annotated for students with an introduction by D. J. Taylor...

Una novela nostálgica y cómica del Orwell más humano.George Bowling, el protagonista de Subir a por aire, es un agente de seguros de mediana edad que vive en una típica casa suburbana inglesa con su mujer y sus dos hijos. Un dia, al estrenar su nueva dentadura postiza, siente la necesidad de "subir a por aire". Con diecisiete libras que ha ganado en una carrera, decide tomarse unas vacaciones lejos de su familia para visitar Lower Binfield, el pueblo donde crecio, y el estanque donde solia pescar carpas treinta años atras. Pero el estanque ha desaparecido, el pueblo se ha vuelto irreconocible y el principal acontecimiento de sus vacaciones es un bombardeo accidental de las fuerzas de la R.A.F. A traves del relato de las andanzas del protagonista, comico y corrosivo a la vez, Orwell traza una nostalgica vision de las costumbres inglesas desde 1893 año del nacimiento de Bowling hasta 1938, cuando ya se cernia el espectro de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

"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 Orwells 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, Orwells 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."

"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 Gullivers Travels- The Prevention of Literature- Why I Write- Writers and Leviathan- Poetry and the Microphone

"Inside the Whale and Other Essays" is a collection of 9 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:- Inside the Whale- Down the Mine- England Your England- Shooting an Elephant- Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool- Politics vs Literature: An Examination of Gullivers Travels- Politics and the English Language- The Prevention of Literature- Boys Weeklies

"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

"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 societythose who were more likely to be well educatedand 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 tramps perspective, with descriptions of the types of hostel accommodation available and some of the characters to be found living on the margins.

Dos son los temas abordados por Orwell en El camino de Wigan Pier. El primero, las condiciones de trabajo infrahumanas de los mineros ingleses en la década de 1930, de las que lleva a cabo un recuento estremecedor y casi cientifico, y la precaria situacion de los dos millones de paradosdel pais en esos mismos años. El segundo, el rigido sistema de clases que por aquel entonces seguia imperando en Reino Unido y que impedia, en opinion de Orwell, el triunfo del socialismo. Un movimiento que, segun el autor, debia liderar la clase media si aspiraba a tener algun exito.El camino de Wiger Pier es, en suma, la obra de un brillante pensador, de un observador realista y un hombre de insobornable sinceridad cuyo pensamiento sigue aun hoy vigente.

Una descripción aterradora de la vida bajo la vigilancia constante del «Gran Hermano». Esta novela es, entre otras cosas, una reflexión repetida y más elaborada de temas omnipresentes en la producció

XX. mendeko libururik esanguratsuenetako bat da 1984. Aurreko mendearen erdian idatzi zuen Orwellek bere distopia, bere utopia negatibo hau. Hala, bada, joan den mende erdiko gerra hotzetik, etorkizun hits eta gupidagabea marraztu zuen. Ontasunarentzat ez dago lekurik Winston protagonistaren munduan. Anaia Nagusiaren eskutik gezurrak, beldurrak eta gorrotoak dena hartu dute 1984an: hizkuntza, morala, maitasuna... Itxaropenik bada, proletarioen baitan dago. Itxaropenik bada. Anaia Nagusiaren aurpegia aienatu egin zen, eta, haren lekuan, Alderdiaren hiru sloganak agertu ziren letra lodi eta larriz: GERRA DA BAKEA ASKATASUNA DA ESKLABUTZA EZJAKINTASUNA DA INDARRA Gogokoen dudan liburuen artean da 1984. Behin eta berriz irakurtzen dudan horietakoa da (Margaret Atwood). Pentsatu dezakegu, erraz, 1984an Orwellek bere semearen belaunaldia eta bere etorkizuna zituela buruan eta etorkizunaz ohartarazi nahi ziela, hain zuzen (Thomas Pynchon). Kafkaren Prozesuaz geroztik ez dago izugarrikeria logikoa 1984k bezain ondo adierazi duen beste obra fantastikorik (Arthur Koestler). Liburu zoragarri eta interesgarria (Aldous Huxley).

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Inquietante interpretación futurista basada en la crítica a los totalitarismos y a la opresión del poder, situada en 1984 en una sociedad inglesa dominada por un sistema de "colectivismo burocrático" controlada por el Gran Hermano. Un hombre llamado Winston Smith intentara rebelarse contra ese control, manipulacion y autoritarismo. Smith trabaja en el Ministerio de la Verdad. Su cometido se limita a escribir la historia de manera que siempre coincida con los intereses y predicciones del partido, asi como a hacer desaparecer de los diarios, archivos, etc... los nombres de las personas molestas. Progresivamente se rebela contra la vida que le han obligado a llevar, y con toda clase de precauciones, intenta conservar un diario donde escribe sus dudas, sus pensamientos y sus sentimientos.

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 propio 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.

Great Journeys allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries - but also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways from our own. Few reading experiences can begin to match that of engaging with writers who saw astounding things: Great civilisations, walls of ice, violent and implacable jungles, deserts and mountains, multitudes of birds and flowers new to science. Reading these books is to see the world afresh, to rediscover a time when many cultures were quite strange to each other, where legends and stories were treated as facts and in which so much was still to be discovered.

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 aliarse algunos con los amos, traicionando su propia identidad y los intereses de su clase. Una condena de la sociedad totalitaria, brillantemente plasmada en una ingeniosa fabula de caracter alegorico.