George Orwell

1984 és una novel·la política de futur-ficció escrita per George Orwell i publicada l'any 1949. Es tracta d'una narració emmarcada en una distopia en la qual un Estat omnipresent, encarnat en una dictadura totalitària encapçalada pel seu líder, el Gran Germà, reforça un conformisme absolut entre els ciutadans, i cerca …

La revolta dels animals, o La rebel·lió dels animals, Animal Farm en la versió original en anglès, és un conte satíric de George Orwell sobre un grup d'animals d'una granja que expulsen els humans i creen un sistema de govern propi que acaba convertint-se en una tirania brutal. La novel·la va ser escrita durant la …

Down and Out in Paris and London is a sharp social analysis of what he saw in Paris and in London. In this novel Orwell describes in vigorous passion, poverty, degrading work and unemployment while telling the story of his adventures like his search for work, his job as a dishwasher, his retrun to England, tramping in …

Homenatge a Catalunya és el relat personal de George Orwell sobre la Guerra Civil Espanyola, escrit en primera persona. La primera edició, en anglès, es va publicar l'any 1938. Ha estat editat en català, però no se n'han fet noves reedicions per problemes de drets d'autor. Orwell va estar a Catalunya des de desembre …

Burmese Days is a novel by British writer George Orwell. It was first published in the UK in 1934. It is a tale from the waning days of British colonialism, when Burma was ruled from Delhi as a part of British India – "a portrait of the dark side of the British Raj." At its centre is John Flory, "the lone and lacking …

The Road to Wigan Pier is a book by the British writer George Orwell, first published in 1937. The first half of this work documents his sociological investigations of the bleak living conditions among the working class in Lancashire and Yorkshire in the industrial north of England before World War II. The second half …

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 that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Only Rosemary, ever-faithful Rosemary, …

George Bowling, the hero of this comic novel, is a middle-aged insurance salesman who lives in an average English suburban row house with a wife and two children. One day, after winning some money from a bet, he goes back to the village where he grew up, to fish for carp in a pool he remembers from thirty years …

"Why I Write" is an essay by George Orwell detailing his personal journey to becoming a writer. It was first published in the Summer 1946 edition of Gangrel. The editors of this magazine, J.B.Pick and Charles Neil, had asked a selection of writers to explain why they wrote. The essay offers a type of …