George Orwell (98 kníh)
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George Orwell Animal Farm EN'It is the history of a revolution that went wrong - and of the excellent excuses that were forthcoming at every step for the perversion of the original doctrine', wrote Orwell for the first edition of Animal Farm in 1945. Orwell wrote it at the end of 1943, but it almost remained unpublished. Its savage attack on Stalin, at that time Britain's ally, led to it being refused by publisher after publisher. Orwell's…
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George Orwell Animal Farm EN'It is the history of a revolution that went wrong-and of the excellent excuses that were forthcoming at every step for the perversion of the original doctrine,' wrote George Orwell for the first edition of Animal Farm in 1945. His simple and tragic fable, telling of what happens when the animals drive out Mr Jones and attempt to run the farm themselves, has since become a world-famous classic of English prose.
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George Orwell Animal Farm ENMr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and snowball leads to the animals taking over the farm. Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities of the farmyard, the renamed Animal Farm is organized to benefit all who walk on four legs. But as time passes, the ideals of the rebellion are corrupted, then…
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George Orwell Animal Farm ENWhen the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought, and find themselves hopelessly…
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George Orwell Animal Farm ENGeorge Orwell's chilling fable of Soviet Russia's brutal dictatorship, Animal Farm brings to life in lucid, uncomplicated language the disastrous project of Russian Communism. This Penguin Modern classics edition includes an introduction by Malcolm Bradbury. All animals are equal - but some are more equal than others.When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm…
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George Orwell Animal Farm ENA satire on totalitarian government where pigs take over the farm and rule the other animals.
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George Orwell Animal Farm ENWhen the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But as a cunning, ruthless élite among them starts to take control, the other animals find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is gradually replaced with another. Orwell’s chilling ‘fairy story’ is a timeless and…
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George Orwell Animal Farm ENWhen the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless élite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought, and find themselves hopelessly…
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George Orwell Animal FarmWhen the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality...
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George Orwell, Odyr (ilustrácie) Animal FarmThe first ever graphic novel version of Animal Farm Animal Farm is the story of what happens when the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master, and how their revolution goes horribly wrong...
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George Orwell Animal Farm/Farma zvířat CZBilingvní, anglicko-české vydání světoznámého románu. Farmu zvířat, své nejcennější dílo, napsal George Orwell v letech 1943 a 1944, poprvé ale vyšla až v roce 1945, a to po značných peripetiích. Orwell nemohl najít nakladatele: sovětské Rusko se lvím podílem zasloužilo o porážku Německa a britští nakladatelé nepokládali za přijatelné vydat text, jenž je ostrým útokem na Stalinův režim. Kniha vyšla až v době, kdy…
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George Orwell Barmské dniAutor (vl. Menom Eric Arthur Blair) sa preslávil ako prozaik a esejista. Jeho román Barmské dni (1934) je príbehom citlivého osamelého úradníčka, ktorý sa usiluje vymaniť zo šovinistického prostredia. Jeho súcit s domorodcami sa končí osobnou tragédiou. Preklad: Igor Kšiňan Doslov: Miloš Ferko Obálka: Dušan Babjak
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George Orwell Barmské dnyJohn Flory pracuje v Barmě jako obchodník s teakovým dřevem. Je otrávený britskou imperiální politikou a jediné povyražení nachází v rozhovorech s indickým doktorem Vérasvámím a později i ve vztahu s mladou Angličankou Elizabeth Lackersteenovou...
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George Orwell Books v. CigarettesBeginning with a dilemma about whether he spends more money on reading or smoking, George Orwell's entertaining and uncompromising essays go on to explore everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from freedom of the press to what patriotism really means.
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George Orwell Bože chraň aspidistru CZTento sociální román má tak jako mnohá jiná Orwellova díla autobiografické rysy. Jeho hlavní hrdina Gordon Comstock, začínající básník a občanským povoláním prodavač v knihkupectví, živoří na hranici bídy a marně se snaží zůstat věrný dráze, pro kterou se rozhodl. Nakonec je donucen prodat své literární schopnosti lukrativněji a končí v pokřivené idylce středostavovského života – v idyle, jejímž symbolem je ona…
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George Orwell Bože chraň aspidistruGordon Comstock je mladý spisovatel, který pohrdá „bohem peněz“ a jeho nadvládou nad celou meziválečnou anglickou společností. Odmítne proto práci v reklamní agentuře a nechá se zaměstnat v malém knihkupectví. Výsledkem je však pocit, že...
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George Orwell Bože chraň aspidistru - bibliofilské vydání CZSoučasně vychází bibliofilské vydání sta číslovaných exemplářů téže knihy na ručním papíře, obsahujících i grafický list Oldřicha Kulhánka.
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George Orwell Cesta k Wigan Pier CZNa návrh svého nakladatele strávil George Orwell v roce 1936 několik měsíců v severoanglickém hornickém městečku Wigan, aby zde dokumentoval otřesné podmínky, v nichž zdejší dělníci žijí a pracují. Po této zkušenosti napsal reportážní prózu Cesta k Wigan Pier, v níž přesně a živě popisuje bídné ubytování, nuzné výdělky a ubohou hygienu, jakož i nemoci a podvýživu, jež místní horníci často zakoušejí. Po tomto soupisu…
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George Orwell Coming up for Air ENGeorge Bowling, forty-five, mortgaged, married with children, is an insurance salesman with an expanding waistline, a new set of false teeth - and a desperate desire to escape his dreary life. He fears modern times - since, in 1939, war is imminent - foreseeing food queues, soldiers, secret police and tyranny. So he decides to escape to the world of his childhood, to the village he remembers as a rural haven of…
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