George Orwell

'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others'Mr Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is a lazy drunk. The animals decide to overthrow him in a revolution that will allow them to run the farm, liberating themselves and creating a new life of equality and freedom. But they have underestimated the pigs. Napoleon and Snowball form an elite and take control for themselves, and the tyranny of the farmer is replaced with another kind of control leaving the animals again subject to a ruthless and cruel authority. Imagined only as Orwell could, this powerful fable is instilled with humour and an underlying urgency that makes this one of the most prescient warnings ever written.'Surely one of the greatest works of literature of the 20th century, delivering truths about politics that remain, to this hour, horribly disturbing' The TimesWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

'You can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business'As a struggling writer in his twenties, Orwell lived as a down-and-out among the poorest members of society. In this, his early memoir, Orwell recalls with vivid clarity his time working as a penniless dishwasher in Paris, pawning clothes to buy a day's worth of bread and wine, sleeping in bug-infested bunks, trading survival skills and cigarette butts with fellow tramps, and trudging between London's workhouse spikes for a few hours' sleep and tea. With all of the sensitivity and compassion that Orwell is known and loved for, he exposed the hardships of poverty and gave readers an unprecedented look at life lived on the fringes of society. This vivid account is an enduring call to support the world's most vulnerable people and exemplifies his belief that 'The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty.'WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KERRY HUDSON

This is Orwell's memoir of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War - a groundbreaking work of dissident literature drawn from vivid personal experience. There are occasions where it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all... This is dissident literature drawn from vivid personal experience. Orwell volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War, was near-fatally wounded and survived to write this book about the experience. Written with all the deep human understanding that defines Orwell’s writing, he vividly recounts the battles that were faced by ordinary working people as they fought for both their lives and their ideologies. Using first-hand experience, his capacity for observation and the clarity and conviction of his writing, Orwell reveals the real-world effects of totalitarianism.'The finest model of how to write about a foreign conflict, a war or a revolution... Brilliant reportage' Timothy Garten-Ash '[Orwell] describes what is happening in Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War in such a way that we are able to see why he’s so upset about Soviet power. His argument is not one of category and concept but of irresistible observation' Timothy Snyder'When he went to Spain, [Orwell] was an unknown. He wasn’t Hemingway. He wasn’t a well-connected intellectual. He just had this amazing eye for detail. He was an amazing observer, and he could write so powerfully. This book, to me, is just one of the classics of foreign reporting' Guy Raz

'All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.' When the animals in the farmyard rebel against their tyrannical farmer and take control of the farm, they hope to create a world where they can be equal, happier and free. But as power shifts and a new leader emerges, they soon face the age-old question: what does it really mean to be equal? Exploring loss of identity, the seductive allure of privilege, and the corrupting nature of political power, George Orwell's Animal Farm is a classic story of rebellion and treachery, and a timely reminder of the importance of resistance. Tatty Hennessy's adaptation received its professional premiere in 2025, directed by Amy Leach, co-produced by Leeds Playhouse and Stratford East in association with Nottingham Playhouse, and performed at all three theatres. It was commissioned and first performed by the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain in 2021.

Overworked, mistreated animals on a farm revolt and take control over it. They set out to create an ideal space brimming with the ideas of progress, justice, and equality only to result in an equally problematic environment. This makes the backdrop of one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, this book chronicles the evolution from revolution against tyranny to totalitarianism just as terrible. An allegory on the Soviet regime, Animal Farm was banned in the Eastern bloc and is one of the great political works of the 20th Century.

To Winston Smith, a young man who works in the Ministry of Truth (Minitru for short), come two people who transform this life completely. One is Julia, whom he meets after she hands him a slip reading, "I love you." The other is O'Brien, who tells him, "We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness." The way in which Winston is betrayed by the one and, against his own desires and instincts, ultimately betrays the other, makes a story of mounting drama and suspense.

Mnogie privykli vosprinimat Oruella tolko v kljuche zhanra antiutopii, no roman "Doch svjaschennika" poznakomit vas s drugim Oruellom - masterom psikhologicheskogo realizma. Anglija, epokha Velikoj depressii. Doroti - doch prepodobnogo Charlza Khejra, nastojatelja tserkvi Svjatogo Atelstana v Saffolke. Ona umelaja khozjajka, sovershaet dobrye dela, staraetsja kultivirovat v sebe tolko khoroshie mysli, a kogda voznikajut plokhie, ona ukalyvaet sebe ruku bulavkoj. Dazhe kogda ona userdno shet kostjumy dlja shkolnogo spektaklja, ee presledujut mysli o bednosti, kotoraja ee okruzhaet, i o dolgakh, kotorye ona ne mozhet pozvolit sebe oplatit. I vdrug ona okazyvaetsja v Londone. Na nej shelkovye chulki, v karmane dengi, i ona ne mozhet vspomnit svoe imja... Eto roman o devushke, kotoraja poterjala pamjat iz-za neschastnogo sluchaja, ona zanovo pereosmyslivaet dlja sebja voprosy very i identichnosti v mire bezrabotitsy i goloda.

George Orwell - Animal Farm A political allegory about a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, only to be betrayed by their own leaders-symbolizing the dangers of totalitarianism.

Roman "1984" ob opasnosti totalitarizma stal odnoj iz samykh izvestnykh antiutopij XX veka, kotoraja stoit v odnom rjadu s "My" Zamjatina, "O divnyj novyj mir" Khaksli i "451o po Farengejtu" Bredberi. Chto budet, esli v pravjaschikh krugakh rasprostranjatsja idei fashizma i diktatury? Kakim stanet obschestvennyj uklad, esli vlast potrebuet neuklonnogo podchinenija? K kakoj katastrofe privedet podobnyj rezhim? Povest-pritcha "Skotnyj dvor" polna ostrogo sarkazma i politicheskoj satiry. Obitateli fermy olitsetvorjajut samye uzhasnye ljudskie poroki, a sama ferma stanovitsja simvolom totalitarnogo obschestva. Kak budut suschestvovat v takom obschestve ego obitateli - zhivotnye, kotorykh povedut na bojnju?

Dazhe u luchshikh pisatelej ne vse teksty odinakovo khoroshi. Bolshinstvo klassikov izvestny nam odnoj-dvumja knigami. No vstrechajutsja iskljuchenija i iz etogo pravila. Odno iz velichajshikh - tvorchestvo Dzhordzha Oruella, avtora znamenitogo romana-antiutopii "1984". Prakticheski vse, chto vyshlo iz-pod ego pera, aktualno i segodnja, cherez 70 let posle togo, kak on postavil poslednjuju tochku. V etoj knige vpervye v otechestvennom knigoizdanii sobrany voedino samye jarkie, glubokie, ostroumnye, intrigujuschie i netrivialnye mysli krupnejshego anglijskogo pisatelja XX veka.

Anglijskij pisatel, kritik, publitsist i zhurnalist Dzhordzh Oruell (nastojaschee imja Erik Artur Bler) voshel v istoriju literatury prezhde vsego blagodarja svoemu poslednemu romanu "1984" (1948, opubl. 1949), kotoryj stal odnoj iz glavnykh knig-antiutopij KHKh veka. Izobrazhennoe avtorom obschestvo buduschego osnovano na totalnoj nesvobode lichnosti, propagande i otkrytom nasilii - pobedivshikh, soglasno gorkomu i groznomu predskazaniju avtora, v vymyshlennom gosudarstve Okeanija k 1984 godu; odnako v ego oblike legko uznajutsja realii sovetskogo stroja 1930-1940-kh godov i drugikh diktatorskikh rezhimov - ibo, po Oruellu, vse diktatury stojat drug druga... V nastojaschij sbornik takzhe vkljucheny znamenitaja satiricheskaja skazka-pritcha "Skotnyj Dvor" (1945), posvjaschennaja teme predannykh zavoevanij revoljutsii (pozdnee razvitoj v "1984"), avtobiograficheskij roman "Dni v Birme" (1934) - zhestkoe i nasmeshlivoe oblichenie romanticheskogo mifa o evropejskoj tsivilizatsii, nesuschej svet kolonizirovannym narodam Vostoka, - i roman "Da zdravstvuet fikus!" (1936), ironichnoe i pechalnoe povestvovanie o tom, kak poet-neudachnik Dzhon Komstok objavil vojnu Biznes-bogu, otkazavshis zhit radi deneg, dostojnogo sotsialnogo statusa i drugikh obyvatelskikh tsennostej (simvolom kotorykh on schital vystavlennyj na podokonnike fikus), - i o tom, k chemu eto privelo. Perevodchik: Bespalova L. G., Golyshev Viktor Petrovich, Domiteeva Vera Mikhajlovna

George Orwell - Homage to Catalonia A personal account of Orwell's experiences fighting in the Spanish Civil War, providing insight into war, politics, and betrayal.

George Orwell - Burmese Days A novel based on Orwell's experiences as a colonial officer in Burma, criticizing imperialism and depicting corruption and racism.

Roman "1984" ob opasnosti totalitarizma stal odnoj iz samykh izvestnykh antiutopij XX veka, kotoraja stoit v odnom rjadu s "My" Zamjatina, "O divnyj novyj mir" Khaksli i "451o po Farengejtu" Bredberi. Chto budet, esli v pravjaschikh krugakh rasprostranjatsja idei fashizma i diktatury? Kakim stanet obschestvennyj uklad, esli vlast potrebuet neuklonnogo podchinenija? K kakoj katastrofe privedet podobnyj rezhim? Povest-pritcha "Skotnyj dvor" polna ostrogo sarkazma i politicheskoj satiry. Obitateli fermy olitsetvorjajut samye uzhasnye ljudskie poroki, a sama ferma stanovitsja simvolom totalitarnogo obschestva. Kak budut suschestvovat v takom obschestve ego obitateli - zhivotnye, kotorykh povedut na bojnju?