Books by George Orwell

1984

by George Orwell

(121,358 reviews)

In George Orwell's iconic and prophetic masterpiece, "1984," a haunting vision of a dystopian future unfolds. Set in a world dominated by the all-seeing eye of Big Brother, the story follows Winston Smith, a lowly Party... See More

Victory or Vested Interest? (Routledge Library Editions: WW2 Book 38)

by G.D.H. Cole

This book, first published in 1942, covers the whole field of wartime life and organization. Is the private ownership and control of industry holding up production? Are the burdens of war being shared equally by the whole... See More

Burmese Days: The Internationally Best Selling Author of Animal Farm and 1984 (Collins Classics)

by George Orwell

(3,239 reviews)

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. We walk about under a load of memories which we long to share and somehow never can. John Flory, a white timber merchant in 1920s... See More

The Road to Wigan Pier (Penguin Modern Classics)

by George Orwell

(3,953 reviews)

George Orwell's searing account of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s, The Road to Wigan Pier is a brilliant and bitter polemic that has lost none of its political... See More

Down and Out in Paris and London (Penguin Modern Classics)

by George Orwell

(4,713 reviews)

'You have talked so often of going to the dogs - and well, here are the dogs, and you have reached them.' George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time among the desperately poor and destitute in London and Paris is a moving tour... See More

Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin Modern Classics)

by George Orwell

(14,827 reviews)

One of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World' 'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past' Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston... See More

Animal Farm: A Fairy Story (Penguin Modern Classics)

by George Orwell

(8,635 reviews)

'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 themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of... See More

Why I Write (Penguin Great Ideas)

by George Orwell

(448 reviews)

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and... See More

Animal Farm

by George Orwell

(75,188 reviews)

THE AUTHORATITIVE TEXT "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. " Mr Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is a lazy drunk. The animals decide to overthrow him in a revolution that will allow them to... See More

1984

by George Orwell

(121,135 reviews)

THE AUTHORATITIVE TEXT "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." The year is 1984. War and revolution have left the world unrecognisable. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, is... See More

Essays (Penguin Modern Classics)

by George Orwell

(676 reviews)

George Orwell's Essays illuminate the life and work of one of the greatest writers of this century - a man who elevated political writing to an art This outstanding collection brings together Orwell's longer, major essays... See More

Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Annotated Edition (Penguin Modern Classics)

by George Orwell

(337 reviews)

This is the essential edition of the essential book of modern times, 1984, now annotated for students with an introduction by D. J. Taylor. Ever since its publication in 1948, George Orwell's terrifying vision of a... See More

Down and Out in Paris and London

by George Orwell

(1,122 review)

"Down and Out in Paris and London" is a memoir on poverty by George Orwell published in 1933. It details his time spent in Paris and London just before publishing his first novel. He gives details of working in Paris in near... See More

England Your England: Notes on a Nation

by George Orwell

(4 reviews)

A new collection that celebrates Orwell's status as England's greatest social chronicler No writer understood the English quite like George Orwell. In unravelling the hypocrisies and contradictions of a nation, he found... See More

100 Mystery Classics of World Literature

by Josephine Tey

This unique crime and mystery collection includes the great masterpieces of the mystery every fan of the genre should experience: Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Masque of the Red Death The Fall of the... See More

100 Masterpieces of Murder Mystery & Detective Fiction

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

E-artnow presents to you this exceptional crime and mystery collection filled with the greatest classics of the genre: Bleak House (Dickens) Great Expectations (Dickens) Crime and Punishment (Dostoevsky) The Double... See More

Nineteen Eighty-Four (Orwell: The New Editions)

by George Orwell

(14 reviews)

A new edition of Orwell's timeless dystopian classic, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D.J. Taylor Since its first publication in 1949, Orwell's devastating expose of the totalitarian mind has established itself... See More

Down and Out in Paris and London

by George Orwell

(4,719 reviews)

Down and Out in Paris and London is the first full-length work by the English author George Orwell, published in 1933. It is a memoir in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. The first part is an account of... See More

Selected Essays (Oxford World's Classics)

by George Orwell

(38 reviews)

It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it. George Orwell was one of the most celebrated essayists in the English language, and there are quite a few of his... See More

Animal Farm: New Edition

by George Orwell

(191 reviews)

Introduced by Alan Johnson. 'All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.' Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the... See More

Inside the Whale: On Writers and Writing (Pushkin Collection)

by George Orwell

(37 reviews)

From one of Britain's most acclaimed essayists, a stunning new collection on writers and writing A brilliant literary critic, George Orwell approached works of literature on his own unique terms. Witty, incisive, and... See More

The Orwell Diaries (Penguin Modern Classics)

by George Orwell

(141 reviews)

George Orwell was an inveterate keeper of diaries. The Orwell Diaries presents eleven of them, covering the period 1931-1949, and follows Orwell from his early years as a writer to his last literary notebook. An entry from... See More

Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics)

by George Orwell

(1,241 review)

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... See More

Animal Farm (Orwell: The New Editions)

by George Orwell

(7 reviews)

A new edition of Orwell's savage satire of the Soviet Revolution, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D.J. Taylor First published in 1945, just as the allied forces had begun to parcel up the post-war world... See More

Coming Up for Air (Penguin Modern Classics)

by George Orwell

(1,537 review)

Years in insurance and marriage to the joyless Hilda have been no more than death in life to George Bowling. This and fear of another war take his mind back to the peace of his childhood in a small country town. But his... See More

Orwell on Freedom

by George Orwell

(220 reviews)

With an introduction by Kamila Shamsie 'Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.' GEORGE ORWELL is one of the world's most famous writers and social commentators... See More

Orwell on Truth

by George Orwell

(223 reviews)

A selection of George Orwell's prescient, clear-eyed and stimulating writing on the subjects of truth and lies. With an introduction by Alan Johnson. 'Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is... See More

Orwell in Spain (Penguin Modern Classics)

by George Orwell

(40 reviews)

Including Homage to Catalonia 'Spain not only defined Orwell as an individual, it also gave him his first glimpse of totalitarianism' D. J. Taylor, Guardian George Orwell's experience of the Spanish Civil War had a... See More

Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Graphic Novel

by George Orwell

(1,021 review)

The first ever graphic novel adaptation of George Orwell's timeless dystopia Winston Smith, an outwardly obedient citizen of Airstrip One, dreams secretly of truth and freedom - but his rebellion will come at a terrible... See More

George Orwell Collection: Politics & The English Language, Shooting an Elephant, A Hanging - George Orwell's Political Insights: Exploring Politics & The ... Shooting an Elephant, and A Hanging

by George Orwell

(40 reviews)

George Orwell Collection: Politics & The English Language, Shooting an Elephant, A Hanging by George Orwell: Immerse yourself in the thought-provoking works of George Orwell with this captivating collection. "Politics & The... See More