Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals...

Mit seinem Roman „1984" hat George Orwell schon vor Jahrzehnten ein Zeichen gegen die drohende Gefahr eines globalen Überwachungsstaates und einer Weltdiktatur gesetzt. Heute sind die von Orwell beschriebenen Tendenzen schon wesentlichen...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World''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...

1984 von Orwell, George

In George Orwells dystopischen Roman "Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Annotated Edition", lebt der Protagonist Winston Smith in einer totalitären Welt, die von ständiger Überwachung, Manipulation und Kontrolle geprägt ist. Die Geschichte...

"Farm der Tiere" von George Orwell ist eine allegorische Novelle, die den Aufstand der Tiere auf einer Farm gegen ihren menschlichen Besitzer beschreibt. Die Tiere, angeführt von den Schweinen Napoleon und Schneeball, vertreiben den...

'Orwell was the great moral force of his age' SpectatorYou can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business.When he was a struggling writer in his twenties, George Orwell lived as a down-and-out...

This edition features George Orwell's best known novels - 1984 and Animal Farm - with an introduction by Christopher Hitchens. In 1984, London is a grim city where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically...

"Still outlawed by regimes around the world, Animal Farm has always been political dynamite." - The GuardianAnimal Farm - the history of a revolution that went wrong - is George Orwell's brilliant satire on the corrupting influence of...

Keep the Aspidistra Flying von Orwell, George

Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in...

Under the feckless husbandry of Mr Jones, the Manor Farm has fallen into disrepair. Pushed into hardship, the animals decide to stage a revolt, and, led by two young pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, they overthrow Mr Jones and drive him away...