George Orwell

Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thought crimes. But as he starts to think for himself, Winston can't escape the fact that Big Brother is always watching. A startling and haunting novel, 1984 creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing from...

Todos los animales son iguales, pero algunos animales son más iguales que otros”, con esa demoledora frase, la revolución que los esclavizados animales impulsaron para liberarse de la opresión humana cae en la interminable redundancia del poder corruptor; en esta sátira política de rabitos, hocicos y patas, George Orwell alegoriza cómo el gobierno de Stalin pervirtió los ideales comunistas de la Unión Soviética hasta convertirlos en un...

Es el año 1984 en Oceanía, al menos eso piensa Winston, aunque no está seguro de ello. El pasado ha sido reinventado y el presente también es susceptible de ser modificado. Winston mismo, que trabaja para el Partido en el Ministerio de la Verdad, es el encargado de reescribir los archivos que contradicen la versión del Gran Hermano, siguiendo siempre sus consignas: La guerra es la paz. La libertad es la esclavitud. La ignorancia es la fuerza....

"O passado fora anulado, o ato da anulação fora esquecido, a mentira se tornara verdade".Em um futuro próximo, um único soberano governa o estado totalitário da Oceania: o Grande Irmão. Embora nunca tenha sido visto, ninguém escapa à vigilância asfixiante do olho que tudo vê, ao poder da Polícia do Pensamento ou às imposições do Ministério da Verdade. Nada, entretanto, é aparentemente proibido, pois vigora uma única regra: rejeitar...

"Der Mensch ist das einzige Geschöpf, das konsumiert, ohne zu produzieren. Er gibt keine Milch, er legt keine Eier, er ist zu schwach, um den Pflug zu ziehen, er kann nicht schnell genug rennen, um Kaninchen zu fangen. Dennoch ist er Herr über alle Tiere. Er lässt sie für sich arbeiten, gibt ihnen das Nötigste zurück, damit sie nicht verhungern, und den ganzen Rest behält er für sich. Unsere Arbeit beackert den Boden, unser Mist düngt ihn,...

George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterized by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism. Orwell's work remains influential in popular and political culture, and the adjective "Orwellian"-describing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices-is part of the English language, like many of his neologisms, such as "Big...

From the Publisher: George Bowling, the hero of this comic novel, is a middle-aged insurance salesman who lives in an average English suburban row house with a wife and two children. One day, after winning some money from a bet, he goes back to the village where he grew up, to fish for carp in a pool he remembers from thirty years before. The pool, alas, is gone, the village has changed beyond recognition, and the principal event of his holiday is...

In a grim future where the world is divided into perpetual war and total surveillance, Winston Smith dares to question the absolute power of the Party. In Oceania, even thoughts are monitored, history is rewritten, and truth is whatever Big Brother says it is. Longing for freedom and truth, Winston begins a quiet rebellion-but in a society where independent thought is a crime, even love becomes dangerous. With chilling precision, Nineteen Eighty-Four...

Dorothy Hare is the perfect clergyman's daughter-dutiful, self-sacrificing, and deeply devoted to her father's parish. But when a sudden bout of amnesia leaves her lost and penniless in London, she is thrust into a world of hardship she never imagined. Forced to survive as a beggar, a hop-picker, and a struggling schoolteacher, Dorothy's journey strips away the comforts of her past and challenges everything she thought she knew about faith, duty,...

Fferm yr Anifeiliaid gan George Orwell yw un o glasuron mwyaf grymus a dylanwadol yr ugeinfed ganrif. Dyma chwedl wleidyddol sy'n defnyddio stori syml am anifeiliaid sy'n cipio fferm i ddarlunio'r ffordd y gall pŵer, breuddwydion a delfrydau gael eu llygru.Ar l ysgubo Mr. Jones o'i eiddo, mae'r anifeiliaid yn sefydlu cymdeithas newydd, wedi'i hadeiladu ar egwyddorion cydraddoldeb a rhyddid. Ond wrth i'r moch gymryd yr awenau, mae'r breuddwyd wreiddiol...