Große Werke: Farm der Tiere / 1984 / Die großen Essays (3in1-Bundle): Drei große Werke von George Orwell in einem Band

by George Orwell, Heike Holtsch (Translator), Jan Strümpel (Translator)

Alles, was man von Orwell einfach gelesen haben muss – 3 Bände im E-Book-BundleOrwells unvergleichliche Zukunftsvision »1984«: Winston Smith, Geschichtsfälscher im Staatsdienst, verliebt sich in die schöne und geheimnisvolle Julia. Gemeinsam beginnen sie, die totalitäre Welt infrage zu stellen, als Teil derer sie bisher funktioniert haben. Die große Parabel »Farm der Tiere«: Man beraubt sie der Früchte ihrer Arbeit, sperrt sie ein, beutet sie aus. Die Tiere auf dem Gutshof haben genug und proben den Aufstand – für eine bessere Welt, in der alle Tiere gleich und frei sind. »Die großen Essays« zeigen den politischen Autor in Reinform, deutlich, gewitzt, klug; einer, der kein Blatt vor den Mund nahm.

257 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 1, 2023

About the author

Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism (both fascism and stalinism), and support of democratic socialism.

Orwell is best known for his allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), although his works also encompass literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the industrial north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture.

Orwell's work remains influential in popular culture and in political culture, and the adjective "Orwellian"—describing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices—is part of the English language, like many of his neologisms, such as "Big Brother", "Thought Police", "Room 101", "Newspeak", "memory hole", "doublethink", and "thoughtcrime". In 2008, The Times named Orwell the second-greatest British writer since 1945.