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George Orwell

* June 25, 1903 - † January 21, 1950 in United Kingdom
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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 …

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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 …

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V diele Hold Katalánsku politický žurnalista a spisovateľ George Orwell zaznamenáva svoje skúsenosti a poznámky o španielskej občianskej vojne. Prvé vydanie knihy vyšlo v roku 1938.

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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 …

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Zvieracia farma je považovaná za najznámejšie dielo Georga Orwella. Ide o politickú satiru na revolúciu,ktorá sa z oslobodenia zmenila na totalitný systém.

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1984 je významný antiutopický román anglického spisovateľa George Orwella z roku 1949. Opisuje svet, v ktorom vládne absolútna totalita a podporuje ju permanentná vojna. Akýkoľvek priestupok proti kolektívnemu mysleniu Strany je kruto potrestaný, ľudská individualita sa stáva zločinom. Z tohto diela pochádza známy …