George Orwell's best-known novels,Animal Farm,describing a revolution that goes horribly wrong,and Nineteen Eighty-Four,portraying a world where human freedom has been crushed,are two of themost famous,well-quoted and influential political satires everwritten. The other novels in this volume also tell stories of people atodds with repressive institutions: the corrupt imperialism of Burmese Days,disaffection with materialistic society in Keep the Aspidistra Flying,the perils of modern suburban living in Coming Up for Air and surviving on the streets in A Clergyman's Daughter.All the novels brought together here display Orwell's humour,his understanding of human nature and his great compassion.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141190396Number of pages: 1200Weight: 1136 gDimensions: 234 x 153 x 51 mm
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'Orwell described the compromised lives we recognize as our own'- Andrew Motion,Observer'A writer who can - and must - be rediscovered with every age'Irish Times
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