George Orwell
1) Animal farm
Famous for its realistic and unsentimental description of poverty, Down and Out in London and Paris follows the adventures of a penniless British writer who finds himself rapidly descending into the seedy heart of two great European capitals....
George Orwell was first and foremost an essayist, producing throughout his life an extraordinary array of short nonfiction that reflected—and illuminated—the fraught times in which he lived. “As soon as he began to write...
8) Burmese days
In 1984, London is a grim city where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith joins a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in...
One of the most influential books of the twentieth century gets the graphic treatment in this first-ever adaptation of George Orwell's 1984.
War is Peace * Freedom is Slavery * Ignorance is Strength
In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason
...A beautiful graphic adaptation of George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel.
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
In 1945, George Orwell, called "the conscience of his generation," created an enduring, devastating story of new tyranny replacing old, and power corrupting even the noblest of causes. Today it is all too clear that Orwell's masterpiece is still fiercely relevant
...En "Recuerdos de la Guerra de España", Orwell relata sus experiencias personales durante la Guerra Civil Española, específicamente en el frente de Cataluña. El libro se publicó por primera vez en 1938 y proporciona una visión detallada de los eventos y las luchas políticas que ocurrieron durante ese tiempo.
Orwell se unió a las milicias del Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista (POUM) y participó en la lucha contra los fascistas
...George Orwell ofrece en este audiolibro una de las reflexiones más lúcidas sobre los nacionalismos.
En tiempos como los que estamos viviendo, los nacionalismos y los extremismos en todas sus formas resurgen con fuerza. En este extraordinario ensayo, publicado en mayo de 1945, en los estertores de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y disponible ahora en su versión audiolibro, George Orwell establece una definición del nacionalismo
...19) Collected essays
One of the most thought-provoking and vivid essayists of the twentieth century, George Orwell fought the injustices of his time with singular vigor through pen and paper. In this selection of essays, he ranges from reflections on his boyhood schooling and the profession of writing to his views on the Spanish Civil War and British imperialism.
