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George Orwell

* June 25, 1903 - † January 21, 1950 in United Kingdom
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Az 1984 egy szatirikus politikai regény és szerelmi történet George Orwelltől. A történet egy disztópia, melyben a felügyelő állam tökéletes alkalmazkodást diktál a polgárok között, hazugságokkal, félelemkeltéssel és kegyetlen büntetésekkel. Az 1949-ben kiadott mű Orwell legnépszerűbb munkája, és az „orwelli” jelzőt …

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Az Állatfarm: Tündérmese George Orwell szatirikus regénye. Látszólag olyan állatokról szól, akik elűzik annak a farmnak a tulajdonosát, ahol élnek. Ezután maguk vezetik a farmot, ami végül kemény diktatúrává válik. A regényt Orwell a második világháború idején írta, és 1945. augusztus 17-én jelent meg. Valódi …

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Down and Out in Paris and London is a sharp social analysis of what he saw in Paris and in London. In this novel Orwell describes in vigorous passion, poverty, degrading work and unemployment while telling the story of his adventures like his search for work, his job as a dishwasher, his retrun to England, tramping in …

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"I wonder what is the appropriate first action when you come from a country at war and set foot on peaceful soil. Mine was to rush to the tobacco-kiosk and buy as many cigars and cigarettes as I could stuff into my pockets." Most war correspondents observe wars and then tell stories about the battles, the soldiers and …

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Burmese Days is a novel by British writer George Orwell. It was first published in the UK in 1934. It is a tale from the waning days of British colonialism, when Burma was ruled from Delhi as a part of British India – "a portrait of the dark side of the British Raj." At its centre is John Flory, "the lone and lacking …

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The Road to Wigan Pier is a book by the British writer George Orwell, first published in 1937. The first half of this work documents his sociological investigations of the bleak living conditions among the working class in Lancashire and Yorkshire in the industrial north of England before World War II. The second half …

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Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Only Rosemary, ever-faithful Rosemary, …

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A Légszomj George Orwell egyik regénye, melyet a második világháború előtt adtak ki, és amely megjósolta azt. Egyes szám első személyben íródott: George Bowling 45 éves férfi mondja el az olvasóknak élete történetét. A Bowling által tapasztalt, gyerekkora óta történt társadalmi és szociális változások miatt az ő …

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"Why I Write" is an essay by George Orwell detailing his personal journey to becoming a writer. It was first published in the Summer 1946 edition of Gangrel. The editors of this magazine, J.B.Pick and Charles Neil, had asked a selection of writers to explain why they wrote. The essay offers a type of …