17 Ergebnisse.

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Orwell's own experiences inspire this semi-autobiographical novel about a man living in Paris in the early 1930s without a penny. The narrator manages to keep alive and to record, with sensitivity and graphic power, the strange incidents and characters that his poverty brings him in contact with.

To find out how industrial workers lived, Orwell not only observed but shared their experience. Orwell stayed in dreary lodgings and subsisted on their scant diet. He went down into coal mines and walked for three miles crouching as the miners did. He watched the backbreaking, dangerous labor of men whose net pay then averaged $575 a year, and he lived to write about it.

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In 1936, George Orwell went to Spain to report on the civil war and instead joined the militia to fight against the Fascists. This account of his experience describes both the bleak and the comic aspects of trench warfare.

In 1936, George Orwell went to Spain to report on the civil war and instead joined the militia to fight against the Fascists. This account of his experience describes both the bleak and the comic aspects of trench warfare.

Colonial politics in India in the 1920s come to a head when the European Club, previously for whites only, is ordered to elect one token native member. The deeply racist members do their best to manipulate the situation, resulting in the loss of reputations and lives.

Colonial politics in India in the 1920s come to a head when the European Club, previously for whites only, is ordered to elect one token native member. The deeply racist members do their best to manipulate the situation, resulting in the loss of reputations and lives.

Part autobiography, this unusual novel follows the experiences of a penniless adventurer, first in Paris in the early 1930s and later in London, where he mingles among tramps and street people. Unabridged. 6 CDs.

This searing yet beautiful firsthand account of the life and working the conditions of industrial workers in the north of England during the 1930s caused Orwell to ask why Socialism had so little appeal.

This searing yet beautiful firsthand account of the life and working the conditions of industrial workers in the north of England during the 1930s caused Orwell to ask why Socialism had so little appeal.

Part autobiography, this unusual novel follows the experiences of a penniless adventurer, first in Paris in the early 1930s and later in London, where he mingles among tramps and street people. Unabridged. 6 CDs.

Part autobiography, this unusual novel follows the experiences of a penniless adventurer, first in Paris in the early 1930s and later in London, where he mingles among tramps and street people. Unabridged. 6 CDs.

The title essay in this collection reveals the abuse Orwell experienced as a child at an expensive boarding school, offering insights into his lifelong concern for the oppressed. Other essays focus on figures such as Gandhi and Dickens.

The title essay in this collection reveals the abuse Orwell experienced as a child at an expensive boarding school, offering insights into his lifelong concern for the oppressed. Other essays focus on figures such as Gandhi and Dickens.