Set in the days of the Empire, with the British ruling in Burma, Burmese Days describes both indigenous corruption and Imperial bigotry, when 'after all, natives were natives – interesting, n...
Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Snowball leads to the animals taking ove...
George Orwell, właśc. Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), angielski powieściopisarz, eseista i publicysta o przekonaniach demokratyczno-socjalistycznych. Uczestnik wojny domowej w Hiszpanii (1936-1937) ...
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, entertainin...
Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his job. Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, he helps the Party, and the omnipresent Big Brother, control the people ...
Klasyka literatury w nowej edycji to znakomity pretekst, by powrócić do dzieł wybitnych i ważnych – przypomnieć je sobie, przeżyć i zinterpretować na nowo lub odkryć, czytając po raz p...
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.George Orwell's fable of revolutionary farm animals – the steadfast horses Boxer and Clover, the opportunistic p...
'The general uncertainty as to what is really happening makes it easier to cling to lunatic beliefs'Biting and timeless reflections on patriotism, prejudice and power, from the man who ...
The first ever graphic novel version of Animal FarmAnimal Farm is the story of what happens when the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master, and how their revolution g...
Winston Smith is a good worker. He supports the Party. He is good at his job rewriting history to Government specification.Big Brother watches him, but there is nothing to see. Winston'...
You can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business'As a struggling writer in his twenties, Orwell lived as a down-and-out among the poorest memb...
Wielki brat patrzy – to właśnie napisy tej treści, w antyutopii Orwella krzyczące z plakatów rozlepionych po całym Londynie, natchnęły twórców telewizyjnego show „B...
'Shooting an Elephant' is Orwell's searing and painfully honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd 'solely to avoid loo...
The first ever graphic novel adaptation of George Orwell's timeless dystopiaWinston Smith, an outwardly obedient citizen of Airstrip One, dreams secretly of truth and freedom - but his ...
Based on his experiences as a policeman in Burma, George Orwell's first novel presents a devastating picture of British colonial rule. It describes corruption and imperial bigotry in a society wher...
In 1943, there was an urgent need for Animal Farm. The Soviet Union had become Britain's ally in the war against Nazi Germany, and criticism of Stalin's brutal regime was either censored or discour...
Klasyka literatury polskiej i światowej w starannym wydaniu z przypisami – to książka, którą warto mieć w swojej domowej biblioteczce i do której warto wracać. Tekst opatrzono w...
Folwark zwierzęcy - jedna z najgłośniejszych światowych w antytotalitarnej i antystalinowskiej powstała w czasie II wojny światowej w 1943. Dzieło zostało wydane w 1945 r. w Anglii, a w 1946 r. w U...