George Orwell

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 …

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 …

"I wonder what is the appropriate first action when you come from a country at war and set foot on peaceful soil. Mine was to rush to the tobacco-kiosk and buy as many cigars and cigarettes as I could stuff into my pockets." Most war correspondents observe wars and then tell stories about the battles, the soldiers and …

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 …

Životinjska farma je satirična novela ili bajka Georgea Orwella koja govori o grupi životinja koji su osvojili farmu za sebe i uživali do jednog perioda otkad je počeo teror i patnja. Pisana je za vrijeme II. svjetskog rata, a izdana je 1945., no slavu je doživjela tek za vrijeme 1950-ih. Knjiga ismijava sovjetski …

Tisuću devetsto osamdeset četvrta znanstvenofantastični je roman koji je 1949. godine objavio britanski književnik George Orwell. Radnja romana, smještena u London istoimene godine opisuje futurističko totalitarno društvo čiji oligarhijski vlastodršci upotrebljavaju najsuvremenija dostignuća tehnologije i psihologije …