George Orwell

First published in the summer of 1949, George Orwell's 1984 is one of the most definitive texts of modern literature. This delectable leather-bound edition, beautifully crafted and elegantly...

‘Who controls the past controls the future … who controls the present controls the past.’ Winston Smith works in the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history to suit the Party. However, he hates the...

Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds...

Dorothy tries to be a dutiful daughter, but nothing is ever good enough for her clergyman father – no matter how much she does to help him. After being invited to dinner by Mr Warburton, Dorothy...

‘Four legs good, two legs bad.’ When the animals of Manor Farm overthrow Mr Jones, their drunkard farmer. The pigs (Napoleon and Snowball) mastermind a new regime – where all animals are equal and...

'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...

In 1943, there was an urgent need for Animal Farm. The Soviet Union had become Britain's ally in the war against Nazi Germany, and criticism of Stalin's brutal regime was either censored or...

Beginning 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...

Rather than drink and gossip with his hostile English peers at the exclusive European Club, John Flory has embraced Burmese culture. When his best friend, Dr Veraswami, asks for his help, Flory comes...

George Bowling leads a dreary life. He is forty-five and a mediocre insurance salesman, husband and father. The most exciting thing in his week is getting some new false teeth. After he foresees...

George Orwell is a difficult author to summarize. He was a would-be revolutionary who went to Eton, a political writer who abhorred dogma, a socialist who thrived on his image as a loner, and a...

‘The stars are a free show; it don’t cost anything to use your eyes.’ In George Orwell’s first full-length work, a memoir in two parts, he recounts how he lived in two major cities as a struggling...

'The feeling that the very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world ... this prospect frightens me much more than bombs'. On the 70th anniversary of George Orwell's death, a new...

‘This is not a war … it is a comic opera with an occasional death.’ In this personal account of his time fighting for the POUM militia of the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War, George...

Gordon Comstock is fighting against the worship of the so-called ‘money-gods’ – but it is a fight that is making his life miserable and unfulfilling. After quitting his well-paying job, he spends his...

In this essay written during the worst of the London blitz, Orwell discusses socialism, patriotism, an English revolution and how to make the country a better place. His passionate argument about the...

The Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, Big Brother - 1984 itself: these terms and concepts have moved from the world of fiction into our everyday lives. They are central to our thinking about...

Biting and timeless reflections on patriotism, prejudice and power, from the man who wrote about his nation better than anyone. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of...

'Politics and the English Language' is widely considered Orwell's most important essay on style. Style, for Orwell, was never simply a question of aesthetics; it was always inextricably linked to...

In this perceptive essay collection, Orwell recounts a pivotal moment in his career as a police officer in Burma. He shares his experience of being treated for pneumonia in a Parisian hospital for...

The George Orwell Collection features the best works of the twentieth century’s most revolutionary writer. Orwell transformed our culture’s thinking with his thrilling dystopias, politically engaged...