George Orwell

"Loomade farm" ja "1984" on kahtlemata Orwelli kõige tuntumad teosed. Ehkki kirjutatud enam kui 50 aasta eest, pole need kaotanud aktuaalsust ja teravust ka 21. sajandi alguses. Totalitaarsed riigid pole tänaseks kuhugi kadunud, meedia abil korraldatav ajupesu on hoopis suuremad mõõtmed omandanud ning Orwelli poliitikloomi või loompoliitikuid võib kohata igal sammul. George Orwell, kodanikunimega Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) sündis Birmas, sai hariduse Etoni kolledis Inglismaal ning teenis Birmas Briti Impeeriumipolitseis, töötas Inglismaal õpetajana, osales Hispaania kodusõjas ja tegutses pärast seda ning Teise maailmasõja ajal kommentaatori ja korrespondendina. Eesti keeles on temalt ilmunud veel "Kummardus Katalooniale", "Valaskala kõhus" ja "Pariisi ja Londoni heidikud".

VOJNA - ETO MIR. SVOBODA - ETO RABSTVO. NEZNA-NIE - SILA. Mrachnoe predskazanie iz dalekogo 1949 goda. Stalo li ono prorocheskim? BOLSHOJ BRAT SLEDIT ZA TOBOJ.

Roman "1984" Dzhordzha Oruella - velikaja antiutopija XX veka - raskryvaet ne tolko suschnost cheloveka, no i otrazhaet neizmennost opredelennykh politicheskikh i sotsialnykh javlenij, dljaschikhsja vekami. Proizvedenie, vyshedshee v 1949 godu i napisannoe po sledam romana E. Zamjatina "My", imelo effekt razorvavshejsja bomby - nastolko byli aktualny voprosy, osveschavshiesja v nem. No i segodnja populjarnost etogo romana niskolko ne umenshaetsja. Izdanie organichno dopolnjajut illjustratsii Igorja Sakurova.

Suurmeistri romaan esmakordselt eestikeelses tõlkes! John Flory, Briti puidukaupmees Birmas, tunneb üha süvenevat võõristust kohalike inglaste ja nende varjamatu igapäevarassismi vastu. Kaasmaalastele on omakorda mõistetamatud Flory "ohtlikud vaated" ja sõprus tumedanahalise doktor Veraswamiga. Eksklusiivse Euroopa klubi seinte vahel peetavates ksenofoobsetes keskusteludes osaleb Flory üsna loiult. Ent siis saabub linnakesse nooruke inglanna Elizabeth ning aastaid rõhuva troopikakuumuse eest alkoholi ja armukeste rüppe põgenenud Florys tärkab uus lootus ja tarm. George Orwelli debüütromaani tegevustik leiab aset Birmas, kus Briti krooni mõjuvõim ja haare on hääbumas. Ühiskonnas lokkab korruptsioon ja süvenemas on imperialistlikud eelarvamused pärismaalaste kohta. Üha enam paljastub Briti Raj'i pahupool. Autorist:Eric Arthur Blair, kirjanikunimega George Orwell, sündis 1903. aastal Briti Indias Motihari linnas. Ta kasvas üles Euroopa päritolu keskklassi perekonnas, snobismi rüütatud vaesuse keskel. Sellist majanduslikku olukorda mittearvestavat auahnust kutsus Orwell hiljem oma loomingus maata maaisanda mentaliteediks. Orwell omandas stipendiaadina hariduse Inglismaal Etoni kolledzhis, kus ta õppis muu hulgas Aldous Huxley käe all. Kolledzhi ajakirjas avaldas noormees oma esimesed kirjanduslikud katsetused. Kirjanikuks saamisest unistav Orwell töötas Briti impeeriumipolitsei ametnikuna Birmas, kus temast sai veendunud kolonialismivastane. Hiljem elas ta vaeste lihttööliste ja kerjuste seas Londoni agulites, töötas nõudepesijana Pariisi restoranides, rändas juhutööde otsinguil elukutseliste hulkurite seltsis mööda Inglismaa teid ning sõdis Hispaania kodusõja ajal antifashishtliku miilitsaväe ridades. Orwell suri 1950. aastal tuberkuloosi.

V etot sbornik vkljucheny VSE romany Oruella." Dni v Birme" - zhestkoe i nasmeshlivoe proizvedenie o "belykh kolonizatorakh" Vostoka, edinykh v chuvstve prevoskhodstva nad aborigenami, no razobschennykh vnutrenne, izmuchennykh snobizmom i melkimi rasprjami. "Doch svjaschennika" - uvlekatelnaja istorija o tom, kak prostaja sluchajnost mozhet izmenit zhizn do neuznavaemosti, prevraschaja gluboko iskrennjuju Veru v prostuju privychku. "Da zdravstvuet fikus!" i "Glotnut vozdukha" - ochen raznye, no ravno ostroumnye romany, obygryvajuschie temu stolknovenija jarkoj lichnosti i ubogo-meschanskikh predstavlenij o schaste. I, konechno zhe, neprevzojdennye "1984" i "Skotnyj dvor".

Okeanija, totalitarnoe partijnoe gosudarstvo. Zdes ne suschestvuet ponjatij "individualnost", "ljubov" i "tajna". Zdes s mnogochislennykh plakatov smotrit na tebja Bolshoj Brat, on nabljudaet za kazhdym tvoim dejstviem, za kazhdoj tvoej myslju. No vnezapno v mire, gde ministerstvo pravdy zanimaetsja falsifikatsiej faktov, a ministerstvo ljubvi - unichtozheniem mysleprestupnikov, odin malenkij chelovek, skryvshis ot kamer v krokhotnoj nishe svoej kvartiry, saditsja pisat dnevnik... Chto mogut izmenit slova na bumage? Kak okazalos - vse. "1984" - roman-preduprezhdenie ob opasnosti totalitarizma, odna iz samykh izvestnykh antiutopij XX veka, stojaschaja v odnom rjadu s "My" Zamjatina, "O divnyj novyj mir" Khaksli i "451o po Farengejtu" Bredberi. Perevodchik: Shepelev D. L.

This book, first published in 1942, covers the whole field of wartime life and organization. Is the private ownership and control of industry holding up production? Are the burdens of war being shared equally by the whole community? How can individual liberty be reconciled with maximum efficiency? Are women taking their rightful share in the national effort? Does our literature and art reflect the spirit of an aroused and determined people? Have we a message which will win the oppressed peoples of Europe to our side? These questions are frankly discussed and positive suggestions are made.

Despite hailing from a comfortable family background, budding poet Gordon Comstock decides to declare war on money and all the middle-class trappings that wealth can buy. Working in a small bookshop and living in a bedsit in London, he dreams of completing an ambitious poem in rhyme royal and devoting his life to literature. But when poverty begins to damage his self-esteem and taint his worldview, and his romantic and professional lives start falling apart, will Gordon be able to uphold his anti-money principles, or will he succumb to the lure of lucre and everything he stands against? First published in 1936, Keep the Aspidistra Flying is the author’s third novel, and one of his most outspoken works of social criticism. Partly autobiographical, it sits alongside Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four as a reminder of Orwell’s lucid narrative style and his abilities as a politically and socially engaged writer.

Animal farm is a dystopian allegorical novella. It reflects events leading up to and during the Stalin era before world War II. Orwell, being a democratic socialist, was a critic of Joseph Stalin and was against Moscow-directed Stalinism. The novel addresses not only the corruption of the revolution by its leaders but also how wickedness, indifference, ignorance, greed and myopia destroy any possibility of a utopia. While the novel portrays corrupt leadership as the flaw in revolution, though not the Act of revolution itself, it also shows how potential ignorance and indifference to problems within a revolution could allow horrors to happen if smooth transition to a people's government is not effected. Time magazine chose the book as one of the 100 Best English-language novels (1923 to 2005). It was also placed at no. 31 on the modern library list of best 20th century novels in English.

Part of the Chiltern Classics range. George Orwell's Animal Farm is a short novel written during World War II and published in 1945. It tells the story of a group of farm animals who revolt against their keeper. They want to create a place where all animals are treated equally and where they can be free and happy. However, they are eventually betrayed by one of them, and the farm returns to its previous state. The narrative is an allegory, which means the author intended it to symbolize true events. It is one of the most well-known political allegories. It is based on the betrayal of the Russian Revolution by Joseph Stalin. Chiltern are publishers of exquisitely crafted editions of the world’s finest classic literature. These beautiful books are a perfect mix of tradition and the very latest in printing techniques. With wonderful original, detailed and embossed covers, sparkling gilt edges, cream art paper, ribbon markers and stitched binding they are simply the most beautiful classics ever published.

George Orwell's first novel 'Burmese Days, ' presents a devastating picture of British colonial rule, inspired by his experiences in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. The story describes both indigenous corruption and imperial bigotry. John Flory is a white timber-merchant in 1920s in Burma. Disillusioned by imperial life, Flory defies orthodoxy and befriends Indian Dr. Veraswami. The doctor is being pursued by a corrupt magistrate, U Po Kyin, who is orchestrating his downfall. The only thing that can save his reputation is membership of the all-white Club, and Flory is in a position to help. Flory's life is also upended by the arrival of beautiful Parisian Elizabeth Lackersteen, who offers an escape from loneliness and the deceit of colonial life. 'Burmese Days' is a spectacular examination of the debasing effect of empire on occupied and occupier

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘Big Brother is Watching You.’ Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his job. Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, he helps the Party, and the omnipresent Big Brother, control the people of Oceania. But the notebook he’s begun to write in is against the rules – in fact, the Thought Police could arrest him simply for having it. Despite the danger, a seed of rebellion has begun to grow in Winston’s heart – one that could have devastating consequences. In George Orwell’s final novel, he explores a dystopian future in which a totalitarian government controls the actions, thoughts and even emotions of its citizens. Its lasting popularity is testament to Orwell’s powerful prose, and is a passionate warning for today.