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- Paperback
356 pages
- Release Date
29 August 2011
Summary
In the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to appease the needs of the Party. Inwardly, he rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the watchful eye of Big Brother. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with Julia. Awakening to new possibilities, Winston begins to question the party. But what is the price of freedom?
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143566496 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143566490 |
| Author: | George Orwell |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 356 |
| Release Date: | 29 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 222g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 116mm x 185mm |
| Series: | Popular Penguins |
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George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair, known by his pen name George Orwell, was born in India in 1903. His father was employed by the Civil Service there. The family relocated to England in 1907.
In 1917, Orwell began attending Eton, where he frequently contributed to the college magazines. From 1922 to 1927, he served in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. This experience served as the inspiration for his debut novel, Burmese Days, published in 1934.
Following his time in Burma, Orwell endured several years of poverty. He lived in Paris for two years before returning to England. In England, he worked as a private tutor, a schoolteacher, and a bookshop assistant. During this period, he also contributed reviews and articles to various periodicals. His book Down and Out in Paris and London was published in 1933.
In 1936, Victor Gollancz commissioned Orwell to investigate areas of high unemployment in Lancashire and Yorkshire. His book The Road to Wigan Pier, published in 1937, vividly portrays the poverty he witnessed.
At the close of 1936, Orwell traveled to Spain to fight for the Republican cause and was injured during the Spanish Civil War. Homage to Catalonia is his account of this conflict.
In 1938, Orwell was admitted to a sanatorium and never fully regained his health thereafter. He spent six months in Morocco, where he wrote Coming Up for Air.
During World War II, Orwell served in the Home Guard and worked for the BBC Eastern Service from 1941 to 1943. He also served as the literary editor of Tribune, where he penned a regular column of political and literary commentary. Additionally, he wrote for The Observer and later for the Manchester Evening News.
His influential political allegory, Animal Farm, was published in 1945. However, it was this novel, along with Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), that brought him international acclaim.
George Orwell passed away in London in January 1950. Shortly before his death, Desmond MacCarthy sent him a message of greeting, stating, “You have made an indelible mark on English literature … you are among the few memorable writers of your generation.”
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