1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) was George Orwell's final novel and was completed in difficult conditions shortly before his early death. It is one of the most influential and widely-read novels of the post-war period. von Orwell, George

Farm der Tiere (Animal Farm) ist eine dystopische Fabel von George Orwell, erschienen im Jahr 1945. Inhalt ist die Erhebung der Tiere einer englischen Farm gegen die Herrschaft ihres menschlichen Besitzers, der sie vernachlässigt und...

In einem der berühmtesten Werke des 20. Jahrhunderts erzählt George Orwell von den Tieren des Farmers Jones, die sich gemeinschaftlich gegen ihren menschlichen Herren auflehnen und diesen auch vertreiben - nur um nach der geglückten...

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. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty...

Intimidated by her father, the rector of Knype Hill, Dorothy performs her submissive roles of dutiful daughter and bullied housekeeper. Her thoughts are taken up with the costumes she is making for the church school play. Suddenly her...

George Orwells "1984" ist nicht nur die berühmteste Antiutopie der Weltliteratur, sondern auch ein starkes Plädoyer gegen Totalitarismus und für eigenständiges, unabhängiges Denken. Der Konflikt zwischen individueller Freiheit und...

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 equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless élite among them,...

Including Homage to Catalonia'Spain not only defined Orwell as an individual, it also gave him his first glimpse of totalitarianism' D. J. Taylor, GuardianGeorge Orwell's experience of the Spanish Civil War had a transformative effect on...

George Orwell's masterwork, now in the Penguin Clothbound Classics series with a cover designed by Coralie Bickford-SmithOne of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World''Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the...

Die Wonnen der Aspidistra von Orwell, George

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen 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...