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George Orwell
When Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Indian Dr Veraswami, he defies this orthodoxy. The doctor is in danger: U Po Kyin, a corrupt magistrate, is plotting his downfall. The…
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This is Orwell’s record of a period in the late 1920s when he lived among the tramps of London and Paris. Orwell’s publishers initially took the book as a sign…
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‘Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past’ Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites…
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Following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, the author brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter intensity the…
These essays, reviews and articles describe the life and work of this writer.
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…
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George Bowling, forty-five, mortgaged, married with children, is an insurance salesman with an expanding waistline, a new set of false teeth - and a desperate desire to escape his dreary…
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Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell’s timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in…
An account of author’s experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd ‘solely to avoid looking a fool’. This title features…
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Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a ‘good job’ in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write…
This new centennial edition is the masterpiece of rebellion and imprisonment, where war is peace, freedom is slavery, and Big Brother is watching.
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An angry account of working-class life in the 1930s and a call to embrace social equality. With an introduction by Amelia Gentleman.
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Masha Karp
For those living in the Soviet Union, Orwell's masterpieces, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, were not dystopias, but accurate depictions of reality. Here, the Orwell scholar and expert on Russian…
Krystyna Wieszczek
George Orwell and Communist Poland is the first major account of George Orwell's Polish reception during WWII and the cold war.
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Subhash Jaireth
In his new collection of essays Subhash Jaireth traverses the globe in an exploration of the personal and collective memory held within natural and built landscapes.
His roving curiosity takes…
THE AUTHORATITIVE TEXT All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. Napoleon and Snowball form an elite and take control for themselves, and the tyranny of…
In 1936, George Orwell went to Spain to report on the civil war and instead joined the militia to fight against the Fascists. This account of his experience describes both…
George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-four paints a chilling vision of a totalitarian future where Big Brother surveils every move. Winston Smith, a disillusioned citizen, rebels against the oppressive Party…
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In late 1927, at the age of twenty-four, George Orwell relocated to a tiny flat on London's Portobello Road, and from there embarked on a series of exploratory "tramping" expeditions…
Now presented in a new annotated edition, The Road to Wigan Pier represents a unique record of a society riven by class inequality and plagued by unemployment, inadequate housing, unsafe…
It is difficult to think of a book which has had a greater impact on 20th-century culture and language than Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four - it introduced phrases such as Big…
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…
Can he find the strength to do right not only by his friend, but also by his conscience?Orwell moves between grand-scale political scheming and intimate social settings, mining his own…
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU
They explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs had succeeded in reducing the principles of Animalism to seven commandments.
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Brilliant essays from Orwell’s political writing during World War II, released to coincide with Orwell Day on the 21st of January.
Fascism and Democracy collects five brilliant examples of Orwell’s…
A deluxe 75th anniversary edition of the most iconic British novel of the twentieth century, with an introduction by Sandra Newman, author of Julia and exclusive archival material
Old Major, the boar, dreams of farms run by animals for animals, with liberty and equality for all. When the animals of Manor Farm, led by the pigs Napoleon and…
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…
Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal…
Hidden away in the Record Department of the Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian…
Following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in Homage to Catalonia, the author brings the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter…
In the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to appease the needs of the Party. Inwardly, he rebels against the totalitarian world…
Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry
‘The general uncertainty as to what…
In his engrossing dystopian novel 1984, Orwell created the world of Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak, Room 101, 2 + 2 = 5, and the memory hole. 1984 is even…
A Fairy Story with a difference.
Ever since its publication in 1949, George Orwell’s terrifying vision of a totalitarian regime where Big Brother controls its citizens like ‘a boot stamping on a human face’ has become…
In his engrossing dystopian novel 1984, Orwell created the world of Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak, Room 101, 2 + 2 = 5, and the memory hole. 1984 is…
George Orwell's Animal Farm is a riveting allegory that unveils the perils of power and political corruption through the lens of farm animals seeking liberation. As rebellion gives way to…
Orwell’s peerless satire, in Penguin Clothbound Classics for the first time
Orwell's chillingly resonant allegorical fable, with an introduction and study notes
When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they…
Dorian Lynskey
In The Ministry of Truth, Dorian Lynskey charts the life of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four: one of the most influential books of the 20th Century, a perennial bestseller, and a…
This volume brings together Orwell’s powerful writings of his personal experiences of poverty and life outside mainstream society. The complete texts of DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON is…
Orwell’s classic satire ANIMAL FARM continues to be an international best seller. For the first time ever, ORWELL AND POLITICS brings this major work together with the author’s other works…
A beautiful graphic adaptation of Orwell’s timeless and timely allegorical novel.
