検索キーワード： 著者 "George Orwell" すべてのカテゴリー

L'any 1984 Londres és una ciutat fosca en què la Policia del Pensament controla exhaustivament la vida dels ciutadans. Winston Smith és un peó d'aquest engranatge pervers i té com a objectiu reescriure la història per adaptar-la al que el Partit considera la versió oficial dels fets. Fins que un dia en Winston decideix qüestionar-se el sistema que els governa i els sotmet.

"The Spike" and "A Hanging" are two essays written by George Orwell that deal with themes of institutional cruelty, powerlessness, and injustice. "The Spike" describes Orwell's experience of living in a spike, or homeless shelter, and the brutal conditions and dehumanizing treatment he witnessed there. The essay explores the plight of the poor and marginalized in society, as well as the indifference and cruelty of those in power. "A Hanging" describes Orwell's experience of witnessing a hanging during his time serving as a police officer in Burma.

In una società prebellica del 1938, George Bowling, un uomo di quarantacinque anni con una vita mediocre, decide di sfuggire alle responsabilità cittadine e alla sua noiosa routine trasferendosi nel villaggio natale in campagna. In cerca di idillio e innocenza perduti, spera di trovare sollievo dalla sua oppressiva esistenza familiare. Il romanzo "Una boccata d'aria" di George Orwell riceve un'accoglienza calorosa dal pubblico e viene considerato una delle sue migliori opere.

Here are the books in this collection: Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Common Words. A Compendium Of Revolutionary Notions Politics And The English Language and a Nice Cup Of Tea.

En la ficción de la novela un grupo de animales de una granja expulsa a los humanos tiranos y crean un sistema de gobierno propio que acaba convirtiéndose en otra tiranía brutal. Orwell, un socialista democrático y durante muchos años un miembro del Partido Laborista Independiente, se posicionó con obras como Rebelión en la granja y 1984 contra el totalitarismo tanto nazi como soviético.

1984 by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley are two of the most famous and influential dystopian novels ever written. Both books depict a future world in which individual freedom and privacy are subordinated to the demands of a totalitarian state, and citizens are manipulated and controlled through technology, propaganda, and social conditioning. The two novels have often been compared and contrasted, and both are considered to be among the most important works of literature of the 20th century.

"Animal Farm", a fairy story, is a short novel by George Orwell. It describes a farm where animals revolt, take over and drive out men. It is an apologue written in the form of an animal fable, but also a dystopia. In this novel, Orwell offers a satire of the Russian Revolution and a critique of the Soviet regime, particularly Stalinism, and beyond that, authoritarian regimes and totalitarianism. The book was named one of the 100 best English-language novels written from 1923 to 2005 by Time magazine.

1984 centers on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviors within society. Orwell modeled the totalitarian 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. The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984 when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and propaganda.

1984 centers on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviors within society. Orwell modeled the totalitarian 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. The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984 when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and propaganda.

I Paris og London på vrangen beskriver Orwell livets barske realiteter for de arbejdende fattige og de hjemløse i to af Europas mest berømte og glamourøse byer og afslører en skjult verden af slid, elendighed og angst.

I slutningen af 1936 drog George Orwell til Spanien for at deltage i den spanske borgerkrig og kæmpe på oprørssiden mod de nationalistiske og fascistiske kræfter ledet af general Franco. Fire måneder senere vendte han såret og desillusioneret hjem efter at have set kommunisternes brutale udryddelse af andre oprørsgrupper og skrev herefter en af de mest berømte beretninger om den spanske borgerkrig, reportageromanen Hyldest til Catalonien.

I det berømte titelessay Elefanten og i det efterfølgende essay En henrettelse leverer Orwell en svidende kritik af det britiske koloniale styre. Baseret på egne oplevelser som officer i det koloniale politi i Burma kaster han et undersøgende blik på magt, magtudøvelse og underkastelse. Herefter følger klassikeren Sådan dør de fattige samt en række af de mesterlige indlæg, Orwell skrev til sin ugentlige klumme i Tribune i årene 1943-47 under overskriften As I please.

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.

1984 centers on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviors within society. Orwell modeled the totalitarian 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. The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984 when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and propaganda.

Full-cast dramatisations of six masterpieces from the founding fathers of dystopian fiction Dark and disturbing, provocative and prescient, dystopian literature has long captured our imagination with its nightmarish visions of forbidding future worlds. Included here are six classic novels of...

"1984 - der Roman zum Ende des Kommunismus." George Orwells "1984" dreht sich um den Büroangestellten Winston Smith, der im Ministerium für Wahrheit Ozeaniens als kleines Zahnrad im Getriebe eines monströsen Staatsapparates Zensuraufgaben erledigt. Seit Jahren nagen Zweifel an der Legitimität des Systems, in dem ihm selbst ein Augenrollen das Leben kosten kann. Der Roman beginnt mit dem ersten Schritt, diesen ursprünglich rein geistigen Widerstand in die Tat umzusetzen: Winston eröffnet ein Tagebuch.

Le classique de George Orwell lu par Arthur Teboul, la voix de Feu! Chatterton. Quand les animaux de la ferme du Manoir, las des abus, renversent leur maître, l'acoolique Mr Jones, et reprennent le contrôle de leurs existences, ils imaginent le début d'une douce vie de liberté et d'égalité. Mais petit à petit, les cochons, à coups de manipulation, cupidité, orgueil, et mauvaise foi s'imposent sur leurs camarades, et les autres comprennent à leurs dépends que "Tous les animaux sont égaux, mais certains sont plus égaux que les autres".

Fascismo e Democracia reúne exemplos magníficos da escrita de Orwell durante os dias mais sombrios da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Abraçando os princípios da democracia e as potencialidades reformadoras, o significado da literatura e da liberdade de expressão em tempos de violência e a sustentabilidade da verdade objetiva, Orwell oferece um retrato convincente de uma nação onde normas e ideais não podem mais ser considerados garantidos. Assim como o melhor da escrita de Orwell, estes ensaios também servem como lembretes intemporais da fragilidade da liberdade.

"Burmadage" er en kritiske fortælling om Det Britiske Imperiums burmesiske koloni, hvor George Orwell selv gjorde tjeneste. John Flory er en desillusioneret, ensom brite, der lever af at købe og sælge teaktræ. Ingen af hans landsmænd forstår hans kærlighed til Burma, og han foragter deres racistiske tingang til lokalbefolkningen. Alligevel kan han ikke forestille sig at blive gift med en burmeser, men er konstant på udkig efter en europæisk kvinde, der kan dele hans uracistiske holdninger.

Es una novela política de ficción distópica, escrita por George Orwell entre 1947 y 1948 y publicada el 8 de junio de 1949. La novela popularizó los conceptos del omnipresente y vigilante Gran Hermano o Hermano Mayor, de la notoria habitación 101, de la ubicua policía del Pensamiento y de la neolengua, adaptación del idioma inglés en la que se reduce y se transforma el léxico con fines represivos, basándose en el principio de que lo que no forma parte de la lengua, no puede ser pensado.