Price: ₹195
Pages: 720
ISBN: 9788189474782
George Orwell was an English novelist and journalist. His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social justice, an intense opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language and a belief in democratic socialism. Animal Farm was published on the heels of World War II, in England in 1945 and in the United States in 1946. George Orwell wrote the book during the war as a cautionary fable in order to expose the seriousness of the dangers posed by Stalinism and totalitarian government. Burmese Days is a tale from the time of the waning days of British colonialism, when Burma was ruled as a part of Indian empire -0"a portrait of the dark side of the British Raj". 1984 is a classic novel in content, plot and style. It is a dystopian novel about Oceania, a society ruled by the oligarchical dictatorship of the Party. Coming Up For Air is a novel by George Orwell, first published in June 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II. George Bowling, the hero of this comic novel, is a middle-0aged insurance salesman who lives in an average English suburban row house with a wife and two children. Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a socially critical novel, set in 1930s London. The main theme is Gordon Comstock's romantic ambition to defy worship of the money-0god and status, and the dismal life that results. Down and Out in Paris and London is a memoir in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. The first part is an account of living on the breadline in Paris and the experience of casual labour in restaurant kitchens. The second part is a travelogue of life on the road in and around London from the tramp's perspective, with descriptions of the types of hostel accommodation available and some of the characters to be found living on the margins.