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| This novel tells the story of Dorothy Hare, the clergyman's daughter of the title, whose life is turned upside-down when she suffers an attack of amnesia. It is Orwell's most formally experimental novel, featuring a chapter written entirely in dramatic form. [Wikipedia]
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| This modern classic is an allegory on social revolution. When the animals take over the farm it soon transpires that, while all animals are created equal, some are more equal than others.
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| (George Orwell)
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| This is a story about the days of waning British imperialism after World War I. As the story opens, U Po Kyin, a corrupt Burmese magistrate is planning to destroy the reputation of the Indian Dr. Veraswami. The Doctor's main protection is his friendship with John Flory who, as a pukka sahib (European white man), has higher prestige. U Po Kyin begins his campaign by sending anonymous letters with false stories about the doctor, and he even sends a subtly threatening letter to Flory. [Wikipedia]
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| (George Orwell)
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| The themes of the book are nostalgia, the folly of trying to go back and recapture past glories and the easy way the dreams and aspirations of one's youth can be smothered by the humdrum routine of work, marriage and getting old. It is written in the first person, with George Bowling, the forty-five-year-old protagonist, revealing his life and experiences while undertaking a trip back to his boyhood home as an adult. [Wikipedia]
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| (George Orwell)
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| This is a story in two parts on the theme of poverty in Paris and London. The first part is an account of living on the breadline in Paris and the experiences of a casual labourer in restaurant kitchens. The second part is a travelogue of life on the road in and around London from the tramp's perspective, with descriptions of the types of hostel accommodation available and some of the characters to be found living on the margins. Orwell gives it an autobiographical feel by interposing chapters presenting his personal opinions. [from Wikipedia]
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| (George Orwell)
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| This is Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations in the Spanish Civil War.
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| (George Orwell)
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| Gordon Comstock has 'declared war' on what he sees as an 'overarching dependence' on money by leaving a promising job as a copywriter for an advertising company called 'New Albion'--at which he shows great dexterity--and taking a low-paying job instead, ostensibly so he can write poetry. Coming from a respectable family background in which the inherited wealth has now become dissipated, Gordon resents having to work for a living. The 'war' (and the poetry), however, aren't going particularly well and, under the stress of his 'self-imposed exile' from affluence, Gordon has become absurd, petty and deeply neurotic. [Wikipedia]
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| (George Orwell)
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| This classic novel about a totalitarian regime describes a society where government surveillance, public mind control, and the denial of rights are the norm. Big Brother is always watching.
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