George Orwell
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Essays by the author of 1984. George Orwell was first and foremost an essayist, producing throughout his life an extraordinary array of short nonfiction that reflected-and illuminated-the fraught times in which he lived. Facing Unpleasant Facts charts Orwell's development as a master of the narrative-essay form and unites such classics as "Shooting an Elephant" with lesser-known journalism and passages from his wartime diary. Whether detailing the...
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Español
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Rebelión en la granja es la historia de cómo unos animales de establo consiguieron hacer de la Manor Farm, dirigida por el granjero Joe, un paraíso en la tierra y constituir la Animal Farm. En su último discurso el precursor e ideólogo de la rebelión, el cerdo Major, señaló que una granja distinta era posible, una granja donde las relaciones de subordinación fueran historia, donde no existiera la explotación por parte de los hombres y los...
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La Ferme des animaux s'agit d'un apologue écrit sous la forme d'une fable animalière, mais également d'une dystopie. Dans ce roman, George Orwell propose une satire de la Révolution russe et une critique du régime soviétique, en particulier du stalinisme, et au-delà, des régimes autoritaires et du totalitarisme.
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George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterized by lucid prose, biting social criticism, total opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
Orwell produced literary criticism and poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen EightyFour (1949). His nonfiction works, including...
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Debolsillo
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[2020]
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Español
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"En el a�no 1984, Londres es una ciudad l�ugubre en la que la Polic�ia del Pensamiento controla de forma asfixiante la vida de los ciudadanos. Winston Smith es un pe�on de este engranaje perverso y su cometido es reescribir la historia para adaptarla a lo que el Partido considera la versi�on oficial de los hechos. Hasta que decide replantearse la verdad del sistema que los gobierna y somete. El artista gr�afico Fido Nesti reelabora en...
6) 1984
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The classic George Orwell story set in a world where absolute conformity in action, word and thought including loyalty to Big Brother is demanded. In 1984, the world is divided into three vast states, whose inhabitants are dominated by all powerful governments. Winston, a worker, starts an illegal love affair with Julia, and becomes the target of a brain-washing campaign to force him to conform.