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'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 rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party.
In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal.
George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century.
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Animal Farm (Paperback)
George Orwell; Introduction by Andrew Palmer; Notes by Andrew Palmer
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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 discouraged. In any case, many intellectuals on the left still celebrated the Soviet Union, claiming that the terrors of its show trials, summary executions and secret police were either exaggerated or necessary. But, to Orwell, Stalin was always a “disgusting murderer” and he wanted to remind people of this fact in a powerful and memorable way. But how to do it? A political essay would never reach a wide enough audience; a traditional novel would take too long to write. Orwell hit on the inspired idea of combining the moralism of the traditional ‘beast fable’ with the satire of Gulliver’s Travels.
A group of farmyard animals, led by the pigs, overthrow their human masters. Their revolution is inspired by high ideals: the farm will be run in the interests of its animals with no more slaughtering, plenty of food for all and comfort in retirement. But when Napoleon the pig takes command, he quickly corrupts their principles, creating a new tyranny worse than the old.
Orwell wrote Animal Farm in the middle of the Second World War, but at first no publishers wanted to touch it. It was finally published in August 1945, once the war was over. This little book quickly became a seminal text in the emerging ‘cold war’ (a phrase that Orwell himself coined). It also became a site of that conflict itself, suffering various attempts to subvert or change its meaning. Today, Animal Farm remains a powerful fable about the nature of tyranny and corruption which applies for all ages.
Our edition also includes the following essays:
- Shooting an Elephant;
- Charles Dickens;
- Inside the Whale;
- The Frontiers of Art and Propaganda;
- Literature and Totalitarianism;
- Fascism and Democracy;
- Patriots and Revolutionaries;
- Catastrophic Gradualism;
- Some Thoughts on the Common Toad;
- Why I Write;
- Writers and Leviathan
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
The animals at Manor Farm have had enough of Farmer Jones – he’s drunk, reckless and cares little for their welfare. When the boar, Old Major, shares his revolutionary plans, the animals are convinced they can thrive on their own once the despot Jones is overthrown. But as the pigs vie for power, they begin to bear an uncanny resemblance to the tyrants they have overthrown…
George Orwell’s renowned fable became an instant success on publication after the Second World War. The novel has continued to captivate readers of all ages, and has secured Orwell’s position as one of the great writers of the twentieth century.
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1984 (Paperback)
George Orwell
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R154
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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of
best-loved, essential classics. 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 of Oceania. Winston knows what a good
citizen of Oceania must do: show his devotion for Big Brother and
the Party; abstain from all vices; and, most importantly, possess
no critical thoughts of their own. The new notebook he's begun to
write in is definitely against the rules - in fact, the Thought
Police could arrest him simply for having it. Yet, as Winston
begins to write his own history, a seed of rebellion begins to grow
in his heart - one that could have devastating consequences. In
George Orwell's final and most well-known novel, he explores a
dystopian future in which a totalitarian government controls the
actions, thoughts and even emotions of its citizens, exercising
power through control of language and history. Its lasting
popularity is testament to Orwell's powerful prose, and is a
passionate political warning for today.
Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations in
the Spanish Civil War.
Orwell's first work -- a sensitive and insightful description of
the life of the working poor in Paris and the homeless in London.
It is still very relevant today, and while aimed at the casual
reader, it is of interest to the scholar and activist.
An experimental novel by George Orwell, featuring a chapter written
entirely in dramatic form.
A non-fiction classic from Orwell. Part I documents his
sociological investigations of the living conditions amongst the
working class in Lancashire and Yorkshire in the industrial north
of England in the 1930s. Part II covers his middle-class
upbringing, the development of his political conscience, and a
discussion of British attitudes towards socialism.
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1984 (Hardcover)
George Orwell
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R615
Discovery Miles 6 150
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As literary political fiction, 1984 is considered a classic novel
of the social science fiction subgenre. Since its publication in
1949, many of its terms and concepts, such as Big Brother,
doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak, and Memory hole, have become
contemporary vernacular. In addition, the novel popularised the
adjective Orwellian, which refers to lies, surveillance, and
manipulation of the past in the service of a totalitarian agenda.
In 1998, the Modern Library ranked 1984 13th on its list of the 100
best English-language novels of the 20th century. This edition
includes footnotes, Appendix, and a new introduction.
Introduced by Alan Johnson. ‘All animals are equal. But some
animals are more equal than others.’ Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so
lazy and 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 over the farm. Vowing to
eliminate the terrible inequities of the farmyard, the renamed
Animal Farm is organised to benefit all who walk on four legs. But
as time passes, the ideals of the rebellion are corrupted, then
forgotten. And something new and unexpected emerges . . . First
published in 1945, Animal Farm – the history of a revolution that
went wrong – is George Orwell’s brilliant satire on the
corrupting influence of power.
George Orwell's essay examines the power of language to shape
political ideas. It is about the importance of writing concisely,
clearly and precisely and the dangers to our ability to think when
language, especially political language, is obscured by vague,
cliched phrases and hackneyed metaphors. In it, he argues that when
political discourse trades clarity and precision for stock phrases,
the debasement of politics follows. First published in Horizon in
1946, Orwell's essay was soon recognised as an important text,
circulated by newspaper editors to their journalists and reprinted
in magazines and anthologies of contemporary writing. It continues
to be relevant to our own age.
The Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, Big Brother - 1984
itself: these terms and concepts have moved from the world of
fiction into our everyday lives. They are central to our thinking
about freedom and its suppression; yet they were newly created by
George Orwell in 1949 as he conjured his dystopian vision of a
world where totalitarian power is absolute. In this novel,
continuously popular since its first publication, readers can
explore the dark and extraordinary world he brought so fully to
life. The principal characters who lead us through that world are
ordinary human beings like ourselves: Winston Smith and Julia,
whose falling in love is also an act of rebellion against the
Party. Opposing them are the massed powers of the state, which
watches its citizens on all sides through technology now only too
familiar to us. No-one is free from surveillance; the past is
constantly altered, so that there is no truth except the most
recent version; and Big Brother, both loved and feared, controls
all. Even the simple act of keeping a diary - as Winston does - is
punishable by death. In Winston's battle to keep his freedom of
thought, he has a powerful adversary in O'Brien, who uses fear and
pain to enter his very thought processes. Does 2+2 = 4? Or is it 5?
We find out in Room 101. Nineteen Eighty-Four was Orwell's last
novel; but the world he created is always with us, as successive
generations of readers find within it a mirror for their own times
and a warning for the future. Our edition also includes the
following selection of Orwell's essays, column extracts and
broadcasts: A Hanging; Spilling the Spanish Beans; Reviews of Jack
London, The Iron Heel; H. G. Wells, When the Sleeper Awakes; Aldous
Huxley, Brave New World; Ernest Bramah, The Secret of the League ;
England Your England; Looking Back on the Spanish War; Arthur
Koestler; The Prevention of Literature; Politics and the English
Language; Why I Write; Politics Vs Literature; Sir Walter Raleigh;
The Three Super-States of the Future; Persecution of Writers in
USSR; Literature and Totalitarianism; Imaginary Interview: George
Orwell and Jonathan Swift
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1984 (Paperback)
George Orwell; Adapted by Matthew Dunster
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R354
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War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. Winston
Smith rewrites history for the Ministry of Truth, but when he's
handed a note that says simply 'I love you' by a woman he hardly
knows, he decides to risk everything in as earch for the real
truth. In a world where cheap entertainment keeps the proles
ignorant but content, where a war without end is always fought and
the government is always watching, can Winston possibly hold onto
what he feels inside? Or will he renounce everything, accept the
Party's reality and learn to love Big Brother?
Animal Farm by George Orwell - Annotation Edition. This annotation
edition of Orwell's well-known satire is perfect for students and
Orwell enthusiasts alike. Scholastic Annotation Editions come with
extra wide margins and double spaced lines, they are perfect for
your annotations. They include: Large spaces between lines and
large outer margins, perfect for highlighting and note-taking.
Pages for note-taking in every book. A large, easy to read font and
left-justified text for children who struggle to access the printed
word. Top tips on effective annotation from English teacher and
revision guide author, Cindy Torn. When the ill-treated animals of
Manor Farm rebel against their master Mr Jones and take over the
farm, they start to believe in a life of freedom and equality for
all. But slowly, the egocentric and ruthless Napoleon takes control
and the animals are subjected to force and violence from the
corrupt elite - the pigs. As one dictator is replaced with another,
the idea of fairness and equality or all becomes a distant memory.
Class, equality, power and control are some of the themes that run
throughout this novel. Scholastic have a full suite of revision
guide, study guide, app, student book, revision cards and essay
planners - the most comprehensive support for GCSE set texts
available!
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