Книга «Road to Wigan Pier». Издательство: Arcturus. Год выпуска: 2021. Серия: Arcturus Essential Orwell. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 208. Автор: Orwell George. Стандарт: 10. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Revolution is in the air at Manor Farm after old Major, a prize boar, tells the other animals about his dream of freedom and teaches them to sing ‘Beasts of England’. Mr. Jones, the drunken farmer, is deposed and a committee of pigs takes over the running of the farm. The animals are taught to read and write, but the dream turns sour, the purges begin and those in charge come more and more to resembletheir oppressors.Orwell’s allegory of the Soviet revolution remains as lucid and compelling as ever. In beautifully clearprose, he gives us a vivid gallery of characters and a fable that conveys the truth about how we aremanipulated through language and the impossibility of finding heaven on earth.

Arguably the 20th-century’s most famous novel, 1984 is a dystopian study of political tyranny, mind control, paranoia and secret mass surveillance. Set in Oceania, the ultimate totalitarian state, it describes a society tyrannized by a ruling party ledby Big Brother. In the furtherance of eradicating all expressions of individuality, people’s lives are constantly monitored. Telescreens are everywhere, helicopters hover around buildings, spying through windows, and the Thought Police are constantly on alert.Despite the threat of severe punishment, Outer Party Member Winston Smith takes a break from his job rewriting history. At home, in the one corner of his apartment that is hidden from the telescreen, he sits down to write a diary.The cultural impact of George Orwell’s masterpiece continues to resonate to this day.

Insurance salesman George Bowling takes a day off work to pick up a new set of teeth. He’s had a win at the races. Life should be grand. But he is stuck in a rut — portly, middle aged, with a wife and children in the suburbs — and this morning he forgot to wash the soap off his neck.In a bid to rekindle childhood memories, George returns to the village of his youth, only to be surprised by what he discovers there.Written on the eve of World War II, Coming Up for Air is a humorous, insightful look at the culture of interwar Britain — a world about to change forever.