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The Complete Novels of George Orwell: Animal Farm, Burmese Days, A Clergyman´s Daughter, Coming Up for Air, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
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Description for The Complete Novels of George Orwell: Animal Farm, Burmese Days, A Clergyman´s Daughter, Coming Up for Air, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Nineteen Eighty-Four
Paperback. Includes novels that are concerned with individuals at odds with repressive institutions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 1200 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1158.
George Orwell's best-known novels, Animal Farm, describing a revolution that goes horribly wrong, and Nineteen Eighty-Four, portraying a world where human freedom has been crushed, are two of the most famous, well-quoted and influential political satires ever written. The other novels in this volume also tell stories of people at odds with repressive institutions: the corrupt imperialism of Burmese Days, disaffection with materialistic society in Keep the Aspidistra Flying, the perils of modern suburban living in Coming Up for Air and surviving on the streets in A Clergyman's Daughter.
All the novels brought together here ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1200
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141190396
SKU
V9780141190396
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Ref
99-98
About George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of ... Read more
Reviews for The Complete Novels of George Orwell: Animal Farm, Burmese Days, A Clergyman´s Daughter, Coming Up for Air, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Nineteen Eighty-Four
'Orwell described the compromised lives we recognize as our own' - Andrew Motion, Observer 'A writer who can
and must
be rediscovered with every age' Irish Times
and must
be rediscovered with every age' Irish Times