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George Orwell
George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute, Down and Out in Paris and London is a moving tour of the underworld of society…
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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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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…
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…
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…
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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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…
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…
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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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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…
Key reading for 2018- 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…
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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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…
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Orwell’s peerless satire, in Penguin Clothbound Classics for the first time
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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…
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU
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…
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…
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…
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…
A Fairy Story with a difference.
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…
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…
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…
Editorial
Boom times for the Orwell Industry: A cause for celebration - by Richard Lance Keeble
Papers
George Orwell and Somerset Maugham: A comparative study - by Hassan Akram BBC…
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…
George Joshua Orwel
Sculpted Ambiances in Africana Landscape centers on ambiance as it affects the expanded sculptural field, particularly filling a gap in aesthetics left by a lack of focus on sculptures and…
A beautiful graphic adaptation of Orwell’s timeless and timely allegorical novel.
Including Homage to Catalonia , Orwell’s profound experience of fighting in the Spanish Civil War, this title also contains Orwell’s essays, letters and pamphlets, which show his resolution to tell…
D. J. Taylor
A spirited and essential companion to Orwell and his works, covering all the novels and major essays
