orwell s roses solnit rebecca

Roses, pleasure, and politics: a fresh take on Orwell as an avid gardener, whose political writing was grounded in his passion for the natural world.

Objev podobné jako Orwell's Roses - Solnit Rebecca

With a new afterword by the authorIn her map to loss, losing and being lost, Rebecca Solnit explores the challenges of living with uncertainty. Meandering eclectically through memory and mortality, Hitchcock movies and heartbreak, Solnit''s beloved account of staying off the beaten path sheds glittering new light on the way we live now.

Objev podobné jako A Field Guide To Getting Lost - Solnit Rebecca

Included in the BEST OF GRANTA launch list for 2023: a collection of the landmark, incendiary essays that established Rebecca Solnit as one of the leading feminist writers working today.

Objev podobné jako Men Explain Things to Me - Solnit Rebecca

držák ručníků Rebecca 30 x 6,1 cm
praktický držák ručníků Rebecca
METAFORM CC015 Rebecca police 56 cm
designová toaletní štětka Rebecca
bílé zapuštěné svítidlo REBECCA
Víno z roku 2020
sekty z roku 2016
sekt z roku 2013
bavlněné povlečení Rosa růžová
zesílené rohy hliníkových dvířek
povlečení se zabráněním vypadávání rohů
prostěradlo s výškou rohu 25 cm
bílý toaletní stolek RODES NEW s čalouněnou stoličkou
povlečení proti vypadávání rohů
dekorativní květináč žába Rona
prostěradlo s výškou rohu 25 cm pro matrace do 20 cm

From the climate crisis and the pandemic to trends in masculinity, a stellar collection of Rebecca Solnit's most recent thinking exploring the power of activism.

Objev podobné jako No Straight Road Takes You There - Solnit Rebecca

Rebecca Solnit retells ''Cinderella''. A Fairy Tale Revolution is here to remix and revive our favourite stories. ''She looked like a girl who was evening, and an evening that had become a girl...''In the kitchen, in her rags, Cinderella, longs to go to the ball. After all, there is nothing worse than not being invited to the party. Enter her fairy godmother...But that is where the familiar story ends. Cinderella''s transformation turns out to be much less about ballgowns, glass slippers and carriages, and much more about finding her truest self. Finally free from the kitchen cinders, who will she turn out to be?*Recommended for ages 6 and up*

Objev podobné jako Cinderella Liberator - Solnit Rebecca

In this acclaimed exploration of the culture of others, Rebecca Solnit travels through Ireland, the land of her long-forgotten maternal ancestors. A Book of Migrations portrays in microcosm a history made of great human tides of invasion, colonization, emigration, nomadism and tourism. Enriched by cross-cultural comparisons with the history of the American West, A Book of Migrations carves a new route through Ireland’s history, literature and landscape.

Objev podobné jako A Book of Migrations - Solnit Rebecca

An essential new collection of essays from the bestselling phenomenon Rebecca Solnit calling for reflection and context, activism and hope.

Objev podobné jako Call Them by Their True Names - Solnit Rebecca

At a time when political, environmental and social gloom can seem overpowering, this remarkable book offers a lucid, affirmative and well-argued case for hope. This exquisite work traces a history of activism and social change over the past five decades - from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the worldwide marches against the war in Iraq. Hope in the Dark is a paean to optimism in the uncertainty of the twenty-first century. Tracing the footsteps of the last century''s thinkers - including Woolf, Gandhi, Borges, Benjamin and Havel - Solnit conjures a timeless vision of cause and effect that will light our way through the dark, and lead us to profound and effective political engagement.

Objev podobné jako Hope In The Dark - Solnit Rebecca

Nové vydání s ilustracemi Jaroslava Róny. Když George Orwell vydal v roce 1949 dystopický román Devatenáct set osmdesát čtyři, získala nejen anglická, ale i světová literatura dílo nadané neobyčejnou intelektuální vizí. Britská společnost žije v roce 1984 pod neprůstřelnou nadvládou všemocné Strany, hlavní hrdina Winston Smith se potácí ve všeobecné mizérii a zmůže se na jedinou formu odporu: vede si tajný podvratný deník. Naděje na změnu se mu naskytne, když se seznámí s mladou, vzpurnou Julií - nejprve oba pouze sní o boji proti systému, ale nakonec seberou odvahu a připojí se ke stínovému hnutí odporu. George Orwell přesně a pronikavě popisuje manipulaci, špiclování, tělesné mučení i psychický teror, které jsou všem totalitním režimům z podstaty vlastní. V osobní rovině se však dotýká také niternějších témat, jako je láska, důvěra a zrada, a v abstraktní rovině si klade filozofické otázky o povaze a poznání světa. Román Devatenáct set osmdesát čtyři vychází v novém překladu Petry Martínkové.

Objev podobné jako 1984 - George Orwell, Jaroslav Róna

"Veškerá propaganda je lež, i když se zrovna říká pravda. Nemyslím si, že na tom záleží, pokud člověk ví, co dělá a proč to dělá." Pomocí deníkových záznamů přibližuje Orwell válečné roky 1940-1942 z prostředí Británie. Na pozadí všedních dní popisuje německé bombardování Londýna, napjatou politickou situaci, pokrytectví anglické vyšší třídy a přidává i své osobní úvahy a inspirativní myšlenky. Válečné deníky přináší netradiční pohled na část druhé světové války očima vrcholného anglického spisovatele.

Objev podobné jako Válečný deník - George Orwell

Zapuštěné svítidlo REBECCA s průměrem 93 mm a hliníkovým tělem v bílé barvě. Svítidlo poskytuje teplé bílé světlo 3000K se světelným tokem 880 lm a úhlem svícení 35°. Je stmívatelné, má ochranu IP23 a integrovaný LED zdroj s životností 35 000 hodin.

• Vysoký index podání barev CRI >90 pro přirozené vnímání barev
• Dlouhá životnost 35 000 hodin a nízká spotřeba 10W
• Stmívatelná funkce pro přizpůsobení intenzity osvětlení
• Úzký úhel svícení 35° pro přesné nasměrování světla

Objev podobné jako KOHL LIGHTING KOHL-Lighting REBECCA zapuštěné svítidlo s rámečkem pr. 93 mm bílá 35° 10 W CRI 90 3000K Phase Cut

Rappa svítící rohy čerta jsou plastové rohy připevněné na čelence, které svítí díky vestavěné baterii. Jsou vhodné jako doplněk k dětským kostýmům na karneval nebo mikulášské oslavy. Produkt je určen pro děti od tří let.

• Svítící funkce s baterií v balení
• Pevné uchycení na čelence
• Vhodné pro děti od 3 let
• Univerzální použití na karneval i mikulášskou oslavu

Objev podobné jako Rappa Rohy čerta svítící

Stavebnice Roto 9v1 Farm 14061 obsahuje 265 dílků z kvalitního plastu pro sestavení modelů farmářské techniky. Je určena pro děti od 4 let a vyrábí se v České republice. Rozvíjí motorické dovednosti, prostorovou představivost a trpělivost.

• Rozvíjí prostorovou fantazii a jemnou motoriku
• Trénuje trpělivost a logické myšlení
• Vysoká kvalita českého plastu zaručuje odolnost
• Více modelů v jedné sadě (traktor, náklaďák)

Objev podobné jako Roto 9v1 Farm 14061 Farmářská technika

Červená čelenka s třpytivými čertovskými rohy je karnevalový doplněk pro děti. Je lehká a pohodlná, vhodná pro děti od narození. Ideální pro mikulášské párty, oslavy a karnevaly.

• Třpytivé čertovské rohy pro výrazný vzhled
• Lehká a pohodlná konstrukce pro děti
• Univerzální použití na karnevaly a oslavy
• Vhodná pro děti již od narození

Objev podobné jako Čelenka s glitry Čertovské rohy červené

Kolínská voda Dark Roses od The Library of Fragrance je unisex vůně s hlubokou květinovou kompozicí. Kombinuje tóny čajové růže, pačuli, ambry a vetiveru. Je určena pro večerní nošení a speciální příležitosti.

• Unisex vůně vhodná pro ženy i muže
• Hluboká a elegantní květinová kompozice
• Vydatná koncentrace kolínské vody
• Autentická a jedinečná vonná skladba

Objev podobné jako The Library of Fragrance Dark Roses kolínská voda unisex 30 ml

Dětské smývatelné tetování s motivy Rosy a přátel obsahuje 2 archy po 12 obrázcích. Aplikuje se pomocí vlhké houbičky a je odolné na kůži. Vhodné pro děti od 3 let, rozměr archu je 16 × 20 cm.

• Snadná aplikace vlhkou houbičkou
• Odolné na kůži po nanesení
• Bezpečné smývatelné tetování pro děti od 3 let
• 24 motivů v balení (2 archy po 12 ks)

Objev podobné jako Little Dutch Dětské tetování Rosa & Friends

Skříňka Mega Sonoma Oak Roses je dekorativní víceúčelový nábytek s motivem růží na dvířkách a dekoru dubu Sonoma. Je vyrobena z melaminované dřevotřísky o tloušťce 18 mm s habrovými nohami a kovovými a provazovými úchytkami. Uvnitř obsahuje police a nabízí možnost připevnění ke stěně.

• Výrazný motiv růží na dvířkách pro umělecký charakter
• Praktické vnitřní police pro uskladnění různých předmětů
• UV povrchová úprava chránící dekor před vyblednutím a poškozením
• Možnost připevnění ke stěně pro zvýšenou bezpečnost

Objev podobné jako Skříňka Mega Sonoma Oak Roses

Závěsná hračka v podobě labutě obsahuje chrastítko, pískátko a zrcátko pro stimulaci zraku a sluchu nejmenších dětí. Vyrobena z měkkého sametu s praktickým poutkem na suchý zip pro snadné zavěšení. Hračka je vhodná pro děti od narození a lze ji prát v pračce na 30°C.

• Měkká sametová labuť s aktivitami pro rozvoj smyslů
• Praktické poutko na suchý zip pro snadné zavěšení
• Snadná údržba - pratelné v pračce na 30°C
• Bezpečná hračka vhodná již od narození

Objev podobné jako Moulin Roty Hanging Activity Swan La Petite Ecole De Danse

Dětská mikina s kapucí Stellar v šedém melíru od značky SOL'S je určena pro děti ve věku 4 roky. Produkt je dostupný do 5 pracovních dnů. Mikina nabízí pohodlné nošení a praktickou kapuci.

• Stylový šedý melírový design
• Pohodlná kapuce pro ochranu před větrem
• Kvalitní materiál pro dětskou pokožku
• Vhodná pro každodenní nošení

Objev podobné jako SOL'S Dětská mikina s kapucí Stellar - Šedý melír | 4 roky

Dekorativní stolek se stoličkou RODES NEW v bílé barvě kombinuje barokní styl s moderním provedením. Je vyroben z MDF, masivního dřeva a kovu, nabízí čtyři zásuvky a otevřený úložný prostor. Součástí je čalouněná stolička s odolnou textilií, vhodná do ložnice nebo šatny.

• Elegantní barokní design s moderním pojetím a bílou barvou.
• Praktické úložné řešení se čtyřmi zásuvkami a otevřeným prostorem.
• Stabilní konstrukce z kombinace MDF, masivního dřeva a kovu.
• Pohodlná čalouněná stolička s vysoce odolnou potahovou látkou (84 000 oděrů).

Objev podobné jako Dekorativní stolek se stoličkou RODES NEW, bílá

Konferenční stolek Roby Atlantic Pine je kulatý stolek s průměrem 70 cm a výškou 43,7 cm, vyrobený z melaminem potažené dřevotřísky a masivního habrového dřeva. Nabízí dvě odkládací plochy a dekor borovice atlantic, vhodný do moderních i rustikálních interiérů. Montáž je jednoduchá a nevyžaduje speciální nářadí.

• Kulatý design s dekorací borovice atlantic pro přírodní a elegantní vzhled.
• Stabilní konstrukce z masivního habrového dřeva a odolná melaminem potažená dřevotřísková deska.
• Dvě odkládací plochy (horní a spodní) pro praktické uskladnění předmětů.
• Snadná montáž bez potřeby speciálního nářadí.

Objev podobné jako Konferenční stolek Roby Atlantic Pine

Přehoz na postel Roses in blue od značky 4Home má rozměry 220 x 240 cm a je doplněn dvěma povlaky na polštáře 40 x 40 cm. Je vyroben ze 100% polyesteru, což zajišťuje lehkost a snadnou údržbu praním na 40 °C. Design s modrými růžemi a šedým listovým vzorem vytváří klidný a harmonický vzhled vhodný pro moderní i klasické interiéry.

• Výrazný květinový motiv v moderních modrošedých tónech
• Praktická ochrana lůžkovin a dekorativní efekt v jednom
• Snadná manipulace a údržba díky polyesterovému materiálu
• Sada obsahuje dva povlaky na polštáře ve stejném designu

Objev podobné jako 4Home Přehoz na postel Roses in blue, 220 x 240 cm + 2x 40 x 40 cm

Dámská sportovní mikina Roxy NATURALLY ACTIVE HOODIE je vyrobena z lehké recyklované tkaniny. Disponuje technologií DryFlight®, která účinně odvádí pot. Mikina má čistý design a je vhodná pro aktivní pohyb.

• Vyrobeno z lehké recyklované tkaniny
• Technologie DryFlight® pro odvod potu
• Čistý design vhodný pro sport i volný čas
• Pohodlný střih s dlouhým rukávem a kapucí

Objev podobné jako Roxy NATURALLY ACTIVE HOODIE Dámská mikina, šedá, velikost

Orwell roamed widely, living in London, Southwold, Henley, Wallington, Hayes and Jura. It's this rootless, restless man that writer Oliver Lewis pursues in his innovative and thorough book, The Orwell Tour. A travelogue exploring the life and work of George Orwell through the places he lived, worked and wrote Following in the footsteps of his literary hero, researcher and historian Oliver Lewis set out to visit all the places to have inspired and been lived in by George Orwell. Over three years he travelled from Wigan to Catalonia, Paris to Motihari, Marrakesh to Eton, and in each location explored both how Orwell experienced the place, and how the place now remembers him as a literary icon. Beginning in Northern India, where Orwell was born in 1903, and ending in the Oxfordshire village of Sutton Courtenay, where he was laid to rest in 1950, The Orwell Tour offers an accessible and informative new biography of Orwell through the lens of place. AUTHOR: Oliver Lewis was born in Oxford and educated at Magdalen College School, Brackley, the London School of Economics and King's College, London. He is currently completing his Doctorate, on the privatisation of British Rail, at the University of Oxford. ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako The Orwell Tour - Oliver Lewis

George Orwell has never been more quoted and misquoted. Can he be rescued from the soundbites?George Orwell remains a work in progress. He is, or has become, a meme, a global writer, a national treasure, a London statue, a scholarly society, a Prize and a Journal, a trope and a show, various movies, various murals, various misquotations, two adjectives, at least half a dozen fictions and most recently “a dead metaphor” with plenty more accolades to come. George Orwell: Life and Legacy is an intellectual biography which offers an original account of Orwell''s life and work from his birth in the high noon of British imperialism in 1903, to his death on the eve of the Cold War in 1950. Orwell''s life played out against a background of two world wars, two great revolutions, one long global depression, the rise and rise of Communism, and the war-time pre-eminence of the United States. Yet no matter how alert he was to all these great struggles, and no matter how guarded he was in his personal life, Orwell never turned away from the question of who he was, and the contradictions that entailed. His two great modern masterpieces Animal Farm (1945) and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako George Orwell - Robert Colls

A National Review Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Century “One of Orwell’s very best books and perhaps the best book that exists on the Spanish Civil War.”—The New Yorker In 1936, originally intending merely to report on the Spanish Civil War as a journalist, George Orwell found himself embroiled as a participant—as a member of the Workers’ Party of Marxist Unity. Fighting against the Fascists, he described in painfully vivid and occasionally comic detail life in the trenches—with a “democratic army” composed of men with no ranks, no titles, and often no weapons—and his near fatal wounding. As the politics became tangled, Orwell was pulled into a heartbreaking conflict between his own personal ideals and the complicated realities of political power struggles. Considered one of the finest works by a man V. S. Pritchett called “the wintry conscience of a generation,” Homage to Catalonia is both Orwell’s memoir of his experiences at the front and his tribute to those who died in what he called a fight for common decency. This edition features a new foreword by Adam Hochschild placing the war in greater context and discussing the evolution of Orwell’s views on the Spanish Civil War. “No ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Homage To Catalonia - George Orwell

A travelogue exploring the life and work of George Orwell through the places he lived, worked and wroteFollowing in the footsteps of his literary hero, researcher and historian Oliver Lewis set out to visit all the places to have inspired and been lived in by George Orwell.Over three years he travelled from Wigan to Catalonia, Paris to Motihari, Marrakesh to Eton, and in each location explored both how Orwell experienced the place, and how the place now remembers him as a literary icon.Beginning in Northern India, where Orwell was born in 1903, and ending in the Oxfordshire village of Sutton Courtenay, where he was laid to rest in 1950, The Orwell Tour offers an accessible and informative new biography of Orwell through the lens of place.

Objev podobné jako The Orwell Tour - Oliver Lewis

For those living in the Soviet Union, Orwell''s masterpieces, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, were not dystopias, but accurate depictions of reality. Here, the Orwell scholar and expert on Russian politics, Masha Karp – Russian Features Editor at the BBC World Service for over a decade – explores how Orwell''s work was received in Russia, when it percolated into the country even under censorship. Suggesting a new approach to the controversial ‘Orwell’s list’ of 1949, Karp puts into context the articles and letters written by Orwell at the time. She sheds light on how the ideas of totalitarianism exposed in Orwell’s writing took root in Russia and, in doing so, helps us to understand the contemporary political reality. As Vladimir Putin''s actions continue to shock the West, it is clear we are witnessing the next transformation of totalitarianism, as predicted and described by Orwell. Now, over 70 years after Orwell''s death, his writing, at least as far as Russia is concerned, remains as timely and urgent as it has ever been.

Objev podobné jako George Orwell and Russia - Masha Karp

George Orwell set out ''to make political writing into an art'', and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell''s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership.On Reading, the seventh in the Orwell''s Essays series, collects together Orwell''s short essays on books – ''Bookshop Memories'', ''Good Bad Books'', ''Nonsense Poetry'', ''Books vs. Cigarettes'' and ''Confessions of a Book Reviewer'' – giving a rounded view of the great writer''s opinions on the literature of his day, and the vessels in which it was sold.

Objev podobné jako Orwell on Reading: Bookshop Memories, Good Bad Books, Nonsense Poetry, Books vs. Cigarettes and Confessions of a Book Reviewer - George Orwell

George Orwell set out ''to make political writing into an art'', and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell''s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership.In Politics and the English Language, the second in the Orwell''s Essays series, Orwell takes aim at the language used in politics, which, he says, ''is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind''. In an age where the language used in politics is constantly under the microscope, Orwell''s Politics and the English Language is just as relevant today, and gives the reader a vital understanding of the tactics at play.

Objev podobné jako Politics and the English Language - George Orwell

George Orwell set out ''to make political writing into an art'', and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell''s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership.In The Prevention of Literature, the third in the Orwell''s Essays series, Orwell considers the freedom of thought and expression. He discusses the effect of the ownership of the press on the accuracy of reports of events, and takes aim at political language, which ''consists almost entirely of prefabricated phrases bolted together.'' The Prevention of Literature is a stirring cry for freedom from censorship, which Orwell says must start with the writer themselves: ''To write in plain vigorous language one has to think fearlessly.''

Objev podobné jako The Prevention of Literature - George Orwell

Including Down and Out in Paris and London''Orwell was the great moral force of his age'' SpectatorThe powerful writings collected together in this volume chronicle George Orwell''s first-hand experiences of life among the underclass of the ''two nations'' of rich and poor. Down and Out in Paris and London is the young Orwell''s memoir of his time as a struggling, often penniless writer, living among the destitute and dispossessed, in which he exposes what ''going to the dogs'' is really like. There are also articles and letters on sleeping rough in Trafalgar Square, being arrested for drunkenness, on the poverty Orwell witnessed in Morocco and India, and his shocking essay, ''How the Poor Die''.Edited by Peter Davison with an Introduction by Peter Clarke

Objev podobné jako Orwell and the Dispossessed - George Orwell

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 1931 tells of a communal shave in the Trafalgar Square fountains, while notes from his travels through industrial England show the development of the impassioned social commentator. This same acute power of observation is evident in his diaries from Morocco, as well as at home, where his domestic diaries chart the progress of his garden and animals with a keen eye; the wartime diaries, from descriptions of events overseas to the daily violence closer to home, describe astutely his perspective on the politics of both, and provide a new and entirely refreshing insight into Orwell''s character and his great works.

Objev podobné jako The Orwell Diaries - George Orwell

'To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.' 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 granted, all else follows.'This selection of George Orwell’s writing, from both his novels and non-fiction, gathers together his thoughts on the subject of truth. It ranges from discussion of personal honesty and morality, to freedom of speech and political propaganda. Orwell’s unique clarity of thought and illuminating scepticism provide the perfect defence against our post-truth world of fake news and confusion. 'The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.'Includes an introduction by Alan Johnson and passages from Burmese Days, The Road to Wigan Pier, Coming Up for Air, The Lion and the Unicorn, Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell’s letters, war-time diary, criticism and essays including ‘Fascism and Democracy’, ‘Culture and Democracy’, ‘Looking Back on the Spanish War’, ‘As I Please’, ‘Notes on Nationalism’, ‘The Prevention of Literature’, ‘Politics and the English Language’ and ‘Why I Write’.

Objev podobné jako Orwell on Truth - George Orwell

Celebrate a decade of Critical Role with this anthology featuring the perspectives of ten characters who fought alongside – and against – Vox Machina, with a foreword by cast member Liam O’Brien.In these ten stories, see the legendary adventuring party anew through the eyes of some of the most memorable characters whose lives were touched by Vox Machina.Within its pages:• Shaun Gilmore reflects on the life he has chosen, as told by Aabria Iyengar.• Raishan, racked by a pestilent curse, plots to release the Cinder King from his fiery prison, as told by Rory Power.• Trinket the Wonder Bear accompanies the next generation of Vox Machina on their first adventure, as told by Sarah Glenn Marsh.• Plus seven more hilarious, heartbreaking, and heroic tales featuring Kaylie, Doty, Kevdak, and more!The adventure began in 2015 with a group of friends sitting down in front of a camera to roll some dice, bring their characters to life, and tell a story that would become immortalized in their livestream tabletop roleplaying game: Critical Role. What started as a humble home game eventually grew into a worldwide phenomenon that has touched countless people with its poignant, larger-than-life storytelling – and in that same vein, ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Critical Role: Vox Machina - Stories Untold - Rory Power, Sam Maggs, Martin Cahill, Rebecca Coffindaffer, Aabria Iyengar, Sarah Glenn Marsh, Nibedita

Volume 3 of The Complete Works of George OrwellNo one has ever been as severe as George Orwell himself as to the merits of A Clergyman’s Daughter. He didn’t want this, his second novel, reprinted and he had, he once said, ‘made a muck of it’. Orwell’s disenchantment may in part stem from the way the book was – to use his favourite word for this process – ‘garbled’ during its passage from the typescript to print. Thus A Clergyman’s Daughter became for him a deformed child: others also ‘made a muck of it’.Although it is generally agreed that Orwell did not effectively reconcile the sections of this novel, the development of the narrative was greatly hindered by the effects of censorship. This arose from the publisher’s understandable fears at the time that the book as submitted would lead to actions for libel, defamation and obscenity. In consequence, many pages were ‘toned down’ (again, Orwell’s words), what was specific was made vague and unlocalised, and Dorothy’s crucial loss of memory left unexplained.The discovery of details of cuts and changes required – most important of which is Mr Warburton’s attempt to rape Dorothy – make it possible to assess A Clergyman''s ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako A Clergyman's Daughter - George Orwell

After travelling to Spain at the end of 1936 with the intention of working as a correspondent for a British socialist newspaper, thirty-three-year-old George Orwell decided to join the Republican efforts to overturn Franco's Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War. Having enrolled in the POUM militias, the young writer was soon forced to experience first-hand the hardships and dangers of trench warfare, before becoming involved in the Barcelona May Day street fighting and nearly being killed by a bullet on his return to the front line. Orwell's initial idealistic dreams of a victorious fight against fascism were gradually tainted by doubt and disillusionment as the divisions and infighting within the Republican coalition became apparent.Part war memoir, part tract, part expose, Homage to Catalonia is a pivotal work in Orwell's oeuvre, and a key to understanding his political ideas and commitment to the socialist cause. Rejected by Orwell's long-standing publisher, Gollancz, on political grounds, it is here presented in its original version, as published by Secker & Warburg in 1938.

Objev podobné jako Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell

Hlavními tématy této publikace jsou československé reflexe tvorby britského spisovatele George Orwella, zejména proslulých románů 1984 a Farma zvířat. Společně s romány My Jevgenije Zamjatina a Konec civilizace Aldouse Huxleyho se jedná o klasická díla dystopické literatury. Autoři této knihy se zabývají nejen exilovými a samizdatovými vydáními zmíněných Orwellových románů, jejich vznikem a šířením v nesvobodné společnosti, ale také uměleckými díly ovlivněnými Orwellovou tvorbou. Pozornost rovněž věnují podobám orwellovského roku 1984 v Československu včetně represí proti oponentům komunistického režimu a projevů solidarity s politickými vězni. The publication gives account of Czechoslovakian reflections on the work of British writer George Orwell, especially his famous novels Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm. Together with Yevgeny Zamyatin's novel We and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, these are classic works of dystopian literature. The authors of the present book examine not only the exile and samizdat editions of the aforementioned Orwell novels, their origins and dissemination in the society under a totalitarian rule, but also works of art inspired by Orwell's work. Attention is also paid to the forms of commemoration of ‘Orwellian year' 1984 in Czechoslovakia, including the repression of opponents of the Communist régime and expressions of solidarity with political prisoners. Katalog byl ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako 1984: George Orwell a Československo / 1984: George Orwell and Czechoslovakia - Petr Blažek, Petr Koura, Ladislav Nagy, Kryštof Zeman, Erika Stařecká,

Including Animal Farm''Orwell is the most influential political writer of the twentieth century'' New York Review of BooksThroughout his life George Orwell aimed, in his words, to make ''political writing into an art''. This collection brings together the best of his matchless political essays and journalism with his timeless satire on totalitarianism, Animal Farm. It includes articles on subjects from the corruption of language to the oppressive British Empire; his masterly wartime Socialist polemic, ''The Lion and the Unicorn''; a wry review of Mein Kampf; a defence of Nineteen Eighty-Four; and extracts from his controversial list of ''Crypto-Communists''. Together these works demonstrate Orwell''s commitment to telling the truth, however unpalatable, and doing so with artistry and humanity.Edited by Peter Davison with an Introduction by Timothy Garton Ash

Objev podobné jako Orwell and Politics - George Orwell

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 freedom and its suppression; yet they were newly created by George Orwell in 1949 as he conjured his dystopian vision of a world where totalitarian power is absolute. In this novel, continuously popular since its first publication, readers can explore the dark and extraordinary world he brought so fully to life.The principal characters who lead us through that world are ordinary human beings like ourselves: Winston Smith and Julia, whose falling in love is also an act of rebellion against the Party. Opposing them are the massed powers of the state, which watches its citizens on all sides through technology now only too familiar to us. No-one is free from surveillance; the past is constantly altered, so that there is no truth except the most recent version; and Big Brother, both loved and feared, controls all. Even the simple act of keeping a diary - as Winston does - is punishable by death. In Winston's battle to keep his freedom of thought, he has a powerful adversary in ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell

''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 collection of his brilliant essays written during the Second World WarFascism and Democracy collects five brilliant examples of Orwell''s writing during the darkest days of World War Two. Grappling with the principles of democracy and the potential of reform, the meaning of literature and free speech in times of violence, and the sustainability of objective truth, Orwell offers a compelling portrayal of a nation where norms and ideals can no longer be taken for granted. Like the best of Orwell''s writing, these essays also serve as timeless reminders of the fragility of freedom.

Objev podobné jako Fascism and Democracy - George Orwell

This is Orwell's memoir of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War - a groundbreaking work of dissident literature drawn from vivid personal experience. There are occasions where it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all... This is dissident literature drawn from vivid personal experience.Orwell volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War, was near-fatally wounded and survived to write this book about the experience. Written with all the deep human understanding that defines Orwell’s writing, he vividly recounts the battles that were faced by ordinary working people as they fought for both their lives and their ideologies. Using first-hand experience, his capacity for observation and the clarity and conviction of his writing, Orwell reveals the real-world effects of totalitarianism.

Objev podobné jako Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick With extraordinary relevance and renewed popularity, George Orwell''s 1984 takes on new life in this hardcover edition. ''Orwell saw, to his credit, that the act of falsifying reality is only secondarily a way of changing perceptions. It is, above all, a way of asserting power.''''The New Yorker  In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be. Lionel Trilling said of Orwell''s masterpiece ''1984 is a profound, terrifying, and wholly fascinating book. It is a fantasy of the political future, and like any such fantasy, serves its author as a magnifying device for an examination of the present.'' Though the year 1984 now exists in the past, Orwell''s novel remains an ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako 1984 - George Orwell

The articles collected in George Orwell''s Essays illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century - a man who elevated political writing to an art. This outstanding collection brings together Orwell''s longer, major essays and a fine selection of shorter pieces that includes ''My Country Right or Left'', ''Decline of the English Murder'', ''Shooting an Elephant'' and ''A Hanging''. With great originality and wit Orwell unfolds his views on subjects ranging from a revaluation of Charles Dickens to the nature of Socialism, from a comic yet profound discussion of naughty seaside postcards to a spirited defence of English cooking. Displaying an almost unrivalled mastery of English plain prose, Orwell''s essays created a unique literary manner from the process of thinking aloud and continue to challenge, move and entertain.This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Bernard Crick.

Objev podobné jako Essays - George Orwell

This is the first book to focus primarily on George Orwell’s ideas about free speech and related matters – freedom of the press, the writer’s freedom of expression, honesty and truthfulness – and, in particular, the ways in which they are linked to his political vision of socialism. Orwell is today claimed by the Left and Right, by neo-conservatives and neo-socialists. How is that possible? Part of the answer, as Glenn Burgess reveals, is that Orwell was an odd sort of socialist. The development of Orwell’s socialism was, from the start, conditioned by his individualist and liberal commitments. The hopes he attached to socialism were for a fairer, more equal world that would permit human freedom and individuality to flourish, completing, not destroying, the work of liberalism. Freedom of thought was a central part of this, and its defence and use were essential parts of the struggle to ensure that socialism developed in a liberal, humane form that did not follow the totalitarian path of Soviet communism. Written in celebration of Orwell’s dictum, ''We hold that the most perverse human being is more interesting than the most orthodox gramophone record,'' George Orwell''s Perverse Humanity is a portrait of Orwell that ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako George Orwell's Perverse Humanity - Glenn Burgess

The perfect edition for any Orwell enthusiasts'' collection, discover Orwell''s personal account of life on the streets beautifully reimagined by renowned street artist Shepard FaireyTo be poor and destitute in 1920s Paris and London was to experience life at its lowest ebb. George Orwell, penniless and with nowhere to go, found himself experiencing just this as he wandered the streets of both capitals in search of a job. By day, he tramped the streets, often passing time with ''screevers'' or street artists, drunks and other hobos. At night, he stood in line for a bed in a ''spike'' or doss house, where a cup of sugary tea, a hunk of stale bread and a blanket were the only sustenance and comfort on offer.First published in 1933, Down and Out in Paris and London is George Orwell''s haunting account of the streets and those who have no choice but to live on them.''A man who looked at his world with wonder and wrote down exactly what he saw, in admirable prose'' John MortimerCOMPLETE THE TRIO WITH SHEPARD FAIREY''S NEW-LOOK 1984 AND ANIMAL FARM.

Objev podobné jako Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell

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 discouraged. In any case, many intellectuals on the left still celebrated the Soviet Union, claiming that the terrors of its show trials, summary executions and secret police were either exaggerated or necessary. But, to Orwell, Stalin was always a \"disgusting murderer\" and he wanted to remind people of this fact in a powerful and memorable way.But how to do it? A political essay would never reach a wide enough audience; a traditional novel would take too long to write. Orwell hit on the inspired idea of combining the moralism of the traditional 'beast fable' with the satire of Gulliver's Travels. A group of farmyard animals, led by the pigs, overthrow their human masters. Their revolution is inspired by high ideals: the farm will be run in the interests of its animals with no more slaughtering, plenty of food for all and comfort in retirement. But when Napoleon the pig takes command, he quickly corrupts their principles, creating a new tyranny worse than the old.Orwell wrote Animal Farm ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Animal Farm - George Orwell

George Orwell set out ''to make political writing into an art'', and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell''s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership.Fearing that England was about to be wiped from the face of the earth by the Nazi bombers flying overhead, Orwell put pen to paper and set out to make a record of English culture. England Your England, the sixth in the Orwell''s Essays series, is this record, and is an important tableau of the nation''s history, and demonstrates a resolute refusal to bow to the threatening forces of Fascism.

Objev podobné jako England Your England - George Orwell

"Poverty is what I am writing about".In the late 1920s, Eric Blair resigned his post as a colonial policeman in Burma, immersed himself in the slums of Paris and London, and reinvented himself as George Orwell, one of the most revered prose stylists in the English language. Orwell decided to write about the lives of the poor - the dishwashers of Paris, the tramps of London - not by imagining poverty, but by experiencing poverty. The result is a book which is as provocative and incisive about class inequalities, homelessness, and social prejudices today as it was when it was first published in 1933.Down and Out in Paris and London was George Orwell''s first book, and it remains a masterpiece of prose writing. This edition is accompanied by an introduction which examines Orwell''s book for its literary, social, and political significance.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell

''Orwell was the great moral force of his age'' SpectatorYou can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business.When he was a struggling writer in his twenties, George Orwell lived as a down-and-out among the poorest members of society. In this early memoir, he recounts shocking experiences working as a penniless dishwasher in Paris, pawning clothes to buy a day''s worth of bread and wine, sleeping in bug-infested bunks, trading survival skills and cigarette butts with fellow tramps, and trudging between London''s workhouse spikes for a few hours'' sleep and tea-and-two-slices. With sensitivity and compassion, Orwell exposed the hardships of poverty and gave readers an unprecedented look at life lived on the fringes of society. His vivid account is an enduring call to support the world''s most vulnerable people and exemplifies his belief that ''The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty.'' The Authoritative Text. With a new introduction by Kerry Hudson.*The jacket of this stunning hardback edition features period artwork by Elizabeth Friedlander, one of Europe''s pre-eminent 20th-century graphic designers. Look out for complementjary editions of Orwell''s essential works Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four.*

Objev podobné jako Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell