Bøger af George Orwell

En 1984, los ciudadanos de Londres ya no distinguen entre el aspecto privado y público de sus vidas. Empleando sus técnicas de vigilancia sobre la población, el Gran Hermano les ha arrebatado la intimidad. Winston Smith es un funcionario cuyo trabajo consiste en escribir y reescribir la historia para el Ministerio de la Verdad, una de las instituciones del estado totalitario que subyuga al ciudadano. Un día, Smith siente que ya no quiere formar parte de los engranajes del sistema opresivo. Una novela indispensable en nuestra colección de grandes autores.

Orwell is well-known for his novels: 1984 and a satire, Animal Farm. Down and Out in Paris and London is his memoir where he pens down his life as a penniless writer in two cities: Paris and England. Through his beautiful phrases, meticulous, honest, and vivid experiences of searching for work and spending nights on benches, he blends the testimonies of others of his kind on the streets of London and Paris. The book both illuminates the huge change between 1933 and now, and exposes horrifying si

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 organized to benefit all those who walk on four legs. But as time passes, the ideals of the rebellion are corrupted, then forgotten. And something new and unexpected emerges . . . Animal Farm : A Fairy Story by George Orwell - author of 1984, one of Britain's most popular novels - is a brilliant political satire and a powerful, affecting story of revolutions and idealism, power and corruption.

2021 Facsimile of the 1949 Edition. Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often published as 1984, is Orwell's famed dystopian novel originally published in 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four is concerned with the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of all persons and behaviors within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modeled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated. Nineteen Eighty-Four has become a classic literary example of political and dystopian fiction. It also popularized the term "Orwellian" as an adjective, with many terms used in the novel entering common usage, including "Big Brother", "doublethink", "thoughtcrime", "Newspeak", "memory hole", "2 + 2 = 5", "proles", "Two Minutes Hate", "telescreen", and "Room 101". Time included it on its 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. It was placed on the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, reaching No. 13 on the editors' list and No. 6 on the readers' list. In 2003, the novel was listed at No. 8 on The Big Read survey by the BBC. Parallels have been drawn between the novel's subject matter and real life instances of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and violations of freedom of expression among other themes.Reviews:"Nineteen Eighty-Four is a remarkable book; as a virtuoso literary performance it has a sustained brilliance that has rarely been matched in other works of its genre...It is as timely as the label on a poison bottle." -New York Herald Tribune "A profound, terrifying, and wholly fascinating book...Orwell's theory of power is developed brilliantly." -The New Yorker "A book that goes through the reader like an east wind, cracking the skin...Such are the originality, the suspense, the speed of writing, and withering indignation that it is impossible to put the book down." -V. S. Pritchett "Orwell's novel escorts us so quietly, so directly, and so dramatically from our own day to the fate which may be ours in the future, that the experience is a blood-chilling one." -Saturday Review

“Ægte genialitet … al hans vrede og frustration fandt deres første rigtige udtryksmiddel i Vejen til Wigan Pier.” – Peter Ackroyd, The TimesVejen til Wigan Pier er en berømt reportageroman af George Orwell – oversat til dansk for første gang i 2022 af Lærke Pade og med efterskrift af Per Stig Møller.Bogens første del er en af Orwells mest berømte reportager fra hans ophold blandt kulminearbejdere i Nordengland i vinteren 1936. I sin usædvanligt klare og enkle stil beskriver han minearbejdernes hårde arbejde, den usle løn og de elendige boligforhold, som han også prøvede på egen krop.Bogens anden del er et essay, hvor Orwell beskriver og analyserer det engelske klassesamfund med afsæt i skildringer af sit eget liv og opvækst. Med et eminent blik for detaljerne viser han, hvordan de skarpe klasseskel står i vejen for socialismens fodfæste i England, hvilket han anser for et tvingende nødvendigt værn mod fascismens fremmarch.Opholdet i Wigan gjorde Orwell til overbevist socialist, idet han så den økonomiske ulighed, kapitalismen kunne medføre. Han var dog kritisk overfor flere af de socialistiske bevægelser og spidder i bogen den overfladiske socialisme, hvor man sympatiserer med arbejderne, men ikke omgås dem. Resultatet var, at Orwell provokerede både venstre og højre, der begge tog afstand fra ham eller brugte ham ved at tage ham til indtægt for egne synspunkter.Vejen til Wigan Pier er nr. 39 på The Guardians liste 100 best nonfiction books of all time fra 2017. Bogen hører til blandt de mest populære værker fra den journalistiske del af George Orwells forfatterskab."Langt om længe udkommer George Orwells The Road to Wigan Pier på dansk. En kras reportage fra klassesamfundets mørkeland og et sylespidst opgør med salonsocialismen … reportagejournalistik i mesterklassen … en kongenial oversættelse af Lærke Pade og med et indsigtsfuldt efterord af Per Stig Møller ... Hvis man holder af 1984 og Dyregården, som begge blev genudgivet i fjor, vil man ved læsningen af Vejen til Wigan Pier se tegningen til den kritik af masseforførelse og underkastelse, som begge disse klassikere på forskellig vis kredser om." – Adam Holm, Weekendavisen“I dette år, 1936, blev George Orwell med sine rejser til Wigan og Barcelona til den George Orwell, der skrev sig ind historien.” – Per Stig Møller, Efterord, Vejen til Wigan Pier"Orwells originalitet som forfatter består i uvilligheden til at acceptere udsagn og teorier, som ikke har bund i det selvoplevede. (…) Som en vigtig påmindelse om, at vores samfundsmæssige virkelighed nok er mere speget og indfældet, og vi mennesker repræsenterer langt mere kultur og vaner og religion, end vi normalt er klar over, er Orwells bog pligtlæsning." – Henrik Gade Jensen, indblik.dk“Lyden af en stor forfatter, der finder sin autentiske stemme.” – Robert McCrum, The Guardian“Reportageromanen er intensiv læsning fra start til slut, og der er uden tvivl meget visdom at hente i Orwells ord … Det intense i livet, der bliver beskrevet, er eviggyldigt, og hans tanker om vores verden og samfund er lige så gyldige nu, som de var det dengang.” – Louise Trankjær, Skriv for livet“Orwell er en forfatter med en exceptionel umiddelbarhed, friskhed og energi – han er påståelig og dristig, skiftevis vred og meget blid … kvaliteterne i Orwells prosa er først og fremmest, at den normalt er forbilledlig klar og enkel.” – Richard Hoggart, Introduction, The Road to Wigan Pier, Penguin, 1989“Afskyeligheden i indledningen … er uovertruffen. Han synes at påvirke den moderne verden, som Engels påvirkede 1840-50’ernes verden. Men med den forskel, at Orwell er en født forfatter, hvor Engels, trods sin fyrige og strålende karakter, ganske enkelt ikke var forfatter.” – Edith Sitwell

Los maltratados y explotados animales de una granja le arrebatan el control de la misma al granjero. Con un idealismo incendiario y lemas exaltados, comienzan la creación de un paraíso de progreso, justicia e igualdad. Esta es la puesta en escena de una de las fábulas satíricas más reveladoras jamás escritas, un relato para adultos de fantasía hiriente que narra la evolución desde una rebelión contra la tiranía hasta un totalitarismo igual de terrible. Cuando Rebelión en la granja se publicó por primera vez, se consideró que la obra era un ataque a la Unión Soviética de Stalin. Hoy día, es espantosamente claro que donde quiera y cuando quiera la libertad se vea atacada, bajo cualquier divisa, la claridad tajante y el feroz humor de la obra maestra de George Orwell tienen un significado y un mensaje que son tremendamente actuales. Un clásico de lectura obligatoria.

El poder y la palabra reúne diez ensayos de George Orwell que dan vuelta al concepto de verdad y al uso perverso del lenguaje político.«En una época de engaño universal, decir la verdad es un acto revolucionario.»Los ensayos políticos de George Orwell son una de las mejores fuentes de resistencia contra el uso corrupto del lenguaje y las versiones manipuladas de la realidad. Su pasión por la verdad y su esfuerzo infatigable por desmantelar las mentiras le convierten en una referencia inexcusable en estos atribulados tiempos. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONPower and Words collects ten essays by George Orwell that turn around the concept of truth and the perverse use of political language."In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."George Orwell's political essays are one of the best sources of resistance against the corrupt use of language and manipulated versions of reality. His passion for the truth and his indefatigable effort to dismantle lies have made him an essential reference in these distressing times.

Themenschwerpunkte: Utopia & Dystopia, The Individual and SocietyDieses Unterrichtsmodell bezieht sich auf folgende Textausgabe: George Orwell: Animal Farm, ISBN 978-3-14-127472-1Über den Roman:George Orwells Klassiker Animal Farm aus dem Jahr 1945 erzählt, wie die Tiere einer englischen Farm gegen die Herrschaft ihres menschlichen Besitzers rebellieren. Nachdem sie sich endlich von Vernachlässigung und Ausbeutung befreit haben, scheint es mit der Farm aufwärts zu gehen und alle Tiere sind durch das gemeinsame Ziel geeint. Doch dann übernehmen die Schweine immer mehr die Führung und errichten schließlich eine Gewaltherrschaft, die schlimmer ist als diejenige, von der sich die Tiere befreit hatten.Vor dem Hintergrund der Oktoberrevolution in der ehemaligen Sowjetunion im Jahre 1917 thematisiert George Orwells Roman ? in der Form einer Fabel ? autokratische und diktatorische gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen und Strukturen, die an Brisanz und Aktualität auch in der politischen und gesellschaftlichen Realität des 21. Jahrhunderts nichts verloren haben.    Der Roman lässt sich an curriculare Themenbereiche wie Utopia & Dystopia und The Individual and Society anbinden und eignet sich zum Einsatz in den Jahrgangsstufen 10 ? 12 (G8) sowie 11 ? 13 (G9).Die Materialien zum Download finden Sie auf www.westermann.de\einfach-englisch-downloads.

"Todos los animales son iguales, pero algunos animales son más iguales que otros", con esa demoledora frase, la revolución que los esclavizados animales impulsaron para liberarse de la opresión humana cae en la interminable redundancia del poder corruptor; en esta sátira política de rabitos, hocicos y patas, George Orwell alegoriza cómo el gobierno de Stalin pervirtió los ideales comunistas de la Unión Soviética hasta convertirlos en un reinado del más autoritario terror. Este libro se ha convertido en lectura obligada para las juventudes del mundo. > "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others", with that devastating phrase, the revolution that the enslaved animals promoted to free themselves from human oppression falls into the endless redundancy of corrupting power; In this political satire of tails, snouts and legs, George Orwell allegorizes how the Stalin government perverted the communist ideals of the Soviet Union into a reign of the most authoritarian terror. This book has become a must-read for the youth of the world.

For use in schools and libraries only. Portrays life in a future time when a totalitarian government watches over all citizens and directs all activities. 1984 is still the great modern classic of "negative utopia" in its representation of an imaginary world that is completely convincing.

ANIMAL FARM: The novel was chosen by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present. Although, it almost remained unpublished due to its savage attack on Stalin, Britain's then ally and got turned down by publisher after publisher, today it's known to be one of Orwell's best works and a world-famous classic.The animals on Mr. Jones' farm revolt against their human masters and violently expel them. Led by the pigs they decide to run the farm themselves on egalitarian principles. In Course of time the pigs themselves become corrupted by power and a new tyranny is established under their leader Napoleon. Cast in the form of a satirical fable directed primarily against Stalin's Russia, Animal Farm by George Orwell tells us how power game can become the quintessential story of greed, corruption, betrayal and ruination.NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR: 1984 is the author's haunting vision of the future. In 2005, it was added to the 100 Best English Language Novel from 1923 to 2005 by TIME magazine. It is a dystopian novel by English author George Orwell published in 1949. The novel is set in Airstrip One, a world of perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, and public manipulation. It is dictated by a political system named English Socialism under the control of the Inner Party, that persecutes individualism and independent thinking. Many of its terms and concepts, such as Big Brother, doublethink, thought-crime, Newspeak, Room 101, telescreen, 2 + 2 = 5, and memory holes, have entered into common use since its publication.

Orwell¿s masterpiece! Animal Farm dives deep into the realm of a group of farm animals owned by a cruel and devious farmer. Once the animals rebel against the human tyranny, they create their own society where everyone is supposed to be free and equal. However, the animal-led farm faces it¿s own struggles and a dictatorship developes admist their socialist farm of comrades. Napolean, a ferocious hog becomes their leader. Under his rule, are some animals maybe more equal than others?

In this controversial classic fairy tale, a farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality, setting the stage for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned. Illustrations and Orwell's proposed but unpublished preface are included in this anniversary edition. Reissue.