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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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1984 (Paperback)
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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.
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Animal Farm
George Orwell; Illustrated by Victor McLindon
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Winston Smith lives in a nightmare world where the Thought Police
spy on everyone and children are taught to betray their parents.
Even the smallest sign of disagreement with the Party results in
torture, imprisonment, or death. Big Brother oversees everything -
but who is he? Winston tries hard to keep his thoughts and fears to
himself. But then he meets Julia, a strong-minded young woman who
is willing to run the terrible risk of their being found together.
Will kindly Mr Charrington keep their secret? Can Winston and Julia
find happiness despite the dangers that threaten them?
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1984 (Paperback)
George Orwell; Adapted by Matthew Dunster
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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!
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.
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Animal Farm (Paperback)
George Orwell
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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 from the farm. In the
subsequent struggle for power, it is Napoleon who emerges as a
victor: he renames the place "Animal Farm", gets rid of his enemies
and, by the way he behaves - expecting to be glorifi ed above the
others and turning the screw on his fellow beasts in order to keep
them subjugated - begins to resemble more and more the former
rulers of the farm, the hated humans. Written during the Second
World War and published in 1945, this allegorical novel is a
carefully constructed critique of the Russian Revolution and a
sharp satire on the abuse of power. It remains unsurpassed both as
a document of its time and as a testament to the versatility and
creative genius of George Orwell.
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1984 (Paperback)
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Animal Farm (Hardcover, New Ed)
George Orwell, Andrew Bennett, Jim Taylor, John Shuttleworth
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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell's modern fable on the way power corrupts is as apt as
ever in the twenty-first century. Educational edition of this
much-loved classic from Longman.
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Animal Farm (Hardcover)
George Orwell; Illustrated by Angelo Ruta; Retold by Tony Evans
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When the animals get rid of Mr Jones and take over the farm, they
are excited by their new freedom. But can they run the farm with
tools that are designed for humans? Will they be able to harvest
the food that they need for the winter? The farmers decide to band
together to win back the farm for Mr Jones. Will the animals be
able to fight them off? Can life on Animal Farm be as wonderful as
they had all hoped for - or will new dangers threaten their
happiness?
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
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of
best-loved, essential classics. Three francs will feed you till
tomorrow, and you cannot think further than that... As a young man
struggling to find his voice as a writer, George Orwell left the
comfort of home to live in the impoverished working districts of
Paris and London. He would document both the chaos and boredom of
destitution, the eccentric cast of characters he encountered, and
the near-constant pains of hunger and discomfort. Exposing the grim
reality of a life marred by poverty, Down and Out in Paris and
London, part memoir, part social commentary, would become George
Orwell's first published work.
HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved,
essential classics. ‘When I was about sixteen I suddenly
discovered the joy of mere words’ Best known for his remarkable
novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell’s
essay writings throughout the 1930s and 40s are just as compelling.
From ‘Why I Write’ to ‘Shooting an Elephant’ and ‘A
Hanging’, his observations offer contemporary readers a snapshot
of Britain during some of its most turbulent decades. This
collection, ranging from Orwell’s experiences as a police officer
in South-East Asia to opinion pieces on British political unrest
and the horrors of war, is a selection of his most acclaimed
essays, which continue to be revered today for their originality
and insight.
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.
THE JURA EDITION with new introduction by Alex Massie 'For him Jura
was home' - Richard Blair on his father George Orwell 'The book of
the twentieth century . . . haunts us with an ever-darker
relevance' - Ben Pimlott, Independent 'The greatest British novel
to have been written since the war' - Time Out 'His final
masterpiece . . . enthralling and indispensable for understanding
modern history' - New York Review of Books The year is 1984 and war
and revolution have left the world unrecognisable. Great Britain,
now known as Airstrip One, is ruled by the Party, led by Big
Brother. Mass surveillance is everything and The Thought Police are
employed to ensure that no individual thinking is allowed. Winston
Smith works at The Ministry of Truth, carefully rewriting history,
but he dreams of freedom and of rebellion. It is here that he meets
and falls in love with Julia. They start a secret, forbidden affair
- but nothing can be kept secret, and they are forced to face
consequences more terrifying than either of them could have ever
imagined. In this new edition of a modern classic, Alex Massie's
introduction highlights the importance that Jura had on the writing
of one of the twentieth century's most important works of fiction.
Big Brother is watching you . . . Under the all-seeing eye of Big
Brother, Winston Smith spends his days in the Ministry of Truth,
rewriting the past for the Party. Despite constant surveillance and
the ever-present threat of repression, he starts to inwardly
question the regime. A note from a colleague - 'I love you' - marks
the beginning of a secret affair that breaks all the rules. But
what will happen when they are found out? This classic dystopian
novel is a vision of life under a totalitarian regime, where every
thought or action could bring the Thought Police to the door . . .
Now with a stunningly sinister cover by Nathan Burton.
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.
Exam board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR; CXC Level & Subject: GCSE 9-1
English Literature; CSEC English B First teaching: September 2015
First examination: June 2017 This edition of Animal Farm is perfect
for GCSE-level students, with the complete novel, engaging
introduction written by a teacher and a handy glossary at the back
of the book. Fantastic value for Animal Farm George Orwell book
Easy to read font in an accessible format A new introduction
provides context Bespoke glossary explains key terms
This edition has been specially designed with the South African
learner in mind. Historical and biographical notes put the author
and his famous novel into context. Pre-reading activities give
learners a methodology for approaching the story and help them
anticipate the plot, characters and themes. Each chapter is
followed by a chapter summary and commentary notes that draw
learners' attention to the conventions of the genre - very
important for assessment. Many questions refer directly to South
African issues which help learners put the novel in a context they
can understand. Further activities on important themes,
characterisation and plot development prepare learners for their
end of year exams, and practice exam papers with mark allocations
and model answers provide opportunities for both summative and
self-assessment.
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Animal Farm (Paperback)
George Orwell; Illustrated by Kayla Stark
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One of the most famous writers of all time, George Orwell's life
played a huge part in his understanding of the world. A constant
critic of power and authority, the roots of Animal Farm and
Nineteen Eighty-Four began to grow in his formative years as a
pupil at a strict private school in Eastbourne. His essay Such,
Such Were The Joys recounts the ugly realities of the regime to
which pupils were subjected in the name of class prejudice,
hierarchy and imperial destiny. This graphic novel vividly brings
his experiences at school to life. As Orwell earned his place
through scholarship rather than wealth, he was picked on by both
staff and richer students. The violence of his teachers and the
shame he experienced on a daily basis leap from the pages,
conjuring up how this harsh world looked through a child's innocent
eyes while juxtaposing the mature Orwell's ruminations on what such
schooling says about society. Today, as the private school and
class system endure, this is a vivid reminder that the world Orwell
sought to change is still with us.
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