George Orwell
1) 1984
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Orwell's best-known work of unrelenting dystopian realism warns against totalitarianism. The story is told from the point of view of Winston Smith, a functionary of the Ministry of Truth whose work involved the "correction" of all records each time the "Big Brother" decided that the truth had changed.
2) Animal farm
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Since its publication fifty years ago, Animal Farm has become one of the most controversial books ever written. It has been translated into seventy languages and sold millions of copies throughout the world. This edition is being published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of its original U.S. publication. It features 100 full-color and halftone illustrations by world-renowned artist Ralph Steadman. As vital and relevant as it was fifty years...
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Rebelión en la granja (en inglés Animal Farm; también titulada en español como La granja de los animales) es una novela corta satírica del escritor británico George Orwell. Publicada en 1945, la obra es una fábula mordaz sobre cómo el régimen soviético de Iósif Stalin corrompe el socialismo llevándolo hacia un tipo de autoritarismo.
En la ficción de la novela un grupo de animales de una granja expulsa a los humanos tiranos y crean un...
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"Der Mensch ist das einzige Geschöpf, das konsumiert, ohne zu produzieren. Er gibt keine Milch, er legt keine Eier, er ist zu schwach, um den Pflug zu ziehen, er kann nicht schnell genug rennen, um Kaninchen zu fangen. Dennoch ist er Herr über alle Tiere. Er lässt sie für sich arbeiten, gibt ihnen das Nötigste zurück, damit sie nicht verhungern, und den ganzen Rest behält er für sich. Unsere Arbeit beackert den Boden, unser Mist düngt ihn,...
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1969
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George Bowling, the hero of this comic novel, is a middle-aged insurance salesman who lives in an average English suburban row house with a wife and two children. One day, after winning some money from a bet, he goes back to the village where he grew up, to fish for carp in a pool he remembers from thirty years before. The pool, alas, is gone, the village has changed beyond recognition, and the principal event of his holiday is an accidental bombing
...6) 1984
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1984 (published in 1949) is George Orwell's powerful dystopian novel depicting a totalitarian future where the state controls every aspect of life. The story follows Winston Smith, a minor worker at the Ministry of Truth in Oceania, one of three global superstates. His job is to rewrite historical records so they align with the Party's propaganda, led by the omnipresent figure of Big Brother. The Party enforces absolute obedience through surveillance,...
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«Kogda ya sazhus pisat knigu, - priznavalsya Oruell, - ya ne govoryu sebe: «Hochu sozdat proizvedenie iskusstva». YA pishu ee - potomu, chto est kakaya-to lozh, kotoruyu ya dolzhen razoblachit, kakoy-to fakt, k kotoromu nado privlech vnimanie…» Imenno tak byli napisany chetyre avtobiograficheskie povesti Oruella, sostavivshie etu knigu.
«Slavno, slavno my rezvilis» - o detstve i uchebe v shkole Sv. Kipriana; Oruell govoril, chto on «perenes...
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Stanchi dei soprusi, gli animali di una fattoria decidono di ribellarsi agli umani e, cacciato il proprietario, danno vita a un nuovo ordine fondato sull'uguaglianza. Ben presto, però, emerge tra loro una nuova classe di burocrati, i maiali, che con astuzia, cupidigia e prepotenza si impongono sugli altri animali. L'acuta satira orwelliana contro il totalitarismo è unita in questo apologo a una felicità inventiva e a un'energia stilistica che pongono...
9) Djurens gård
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"Så varför fortsätter vi att leva på detta eländiga vis? Därför att nästan hela resultatet av vår möda stjäls av människor. Där, kamrater, har vi svaret på alla våra problem. Det kan summeras med ett enda ord: människan. Människan är den enda verkliga fiende vi har. Om människan försvann ur bilden skulle orsaken till hunger och utmattning vara borta för alltid." Det här är en berättelse om en revolution som går fel – och...
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La Ferme des animaux s'agit d'un apologue écrit sous la forme d'une fable animalière, mais également d'une dystopie. Dans ce roman, George Orwell propose une satire de la Révolution russe et une critique du régime soviétique, en particulier du stalinisme, et au-delà, des régimes autoritaires et du totalitarisme.
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«Kogda ya sazhus pisat knigu, - priznavalsya Oruell, - ya ne govoryu sebe: "Hochu sozdat proizvedenie iskusstva". YA pishu ee - potomu, chto est kakaya-to lozh, kotoruyu ya dolzhen razoblachit, kakoy-to fakt, k kotoromu nado privlech vnimanie…» Imenno tak byli napisany chetyre avtobiograficheskie povesti Oruella, sostavivshie etu knigu.
«Slavno, slavno my rezvilis» - o detstve i uchebe v shkole Sv. Kipriana; Oruell govoril, chto on «perenes...
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Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano.Una noche todos los animales de la granja del señor Jones se reúnen en el granero para escuchar al viejo Mayor, un cerdo de avanzada edad, que les cuenta que ha tenido un sueño sobre un mundo en el que todos los animales viven libres de la tiranía de sus amos. El viejo mayor muere poco después de la reunión en el granero, pero los animales inspirados por su filosofía animalista empiezan a planificar...
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George Orwell's novel "1984," published in 1949, stands as a profound and chilling exploration of dystopian society and totalitarianism. Set in a nightmarish future, the story depicts a world dominated by the all-seeing, all-controlling Party led by the enigmatic Big Brother. Orwell's stark portrayal of a society devoid of privacy, individuality, and truth has resonated deeply with readers for decades, making "1984" a timeless work of literature that...
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George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterized by lucid prose, biting social criticism, total opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
Orwell produced literary criticism and poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen EightyFour (1949). His nonfiction works, including...
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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.
1984 is set in a grim, authoritarian society in which all citizens are monitored and...
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Edição especial de A Revolução dos Bichos, na qual a clássica fábula política de George Orwell se transforma em uma experiência sonora cativante. Com um talentoso elenco de narradores e uma produção cuidadosa dos Estúdios Narratix, cada personagem da história se materializa com vozes únicas e marcantes.
Além disso, os efeitos sonoros imersivos e a trilha sonora original levam o audioleitor para dentro da Granja do Solar, onde ele se...
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"Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) was the first book published by Eric Arthur Blair under the pseudonym George Orwell. The book offers an account of Blair's experiences of poverty -- of being 'down and out' -- as he tried to build a career as a writer. The book begins by describing the experience of destitution in Paris, and particularly work as a plongeur -- pot-washer -- in restaurant kitchens. The second section consists of comparable experiences...
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1992
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xlii, 325 pages ; 21 cm.
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While the totalitarianism that provoked George Orwell into writing 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' seems to be passing into oblivion, his harrowing, cautionary tale of a man trapped in a political nightmare has had the opposite fate, and its relevance and power to disturb our complacency seem to grow decade by decade.




