Animal Farm: Wordsworth Classics
Autor George Orwellen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2021
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 in the middle of the Second World War, but at first no publishers wanted to touch it. It was finally published in August 1945, once the war was over. This little book quickly became a seminal text in the emerging 'cold war' (a phrase that Orwell himself coined).
It also became a site of that conflict itself, suffering various attempts to subvert or change its meaning. Today, Animal Farm remains a powerful fable about the nature of tyranny and corruption which applies for all ages. Our edition also includes the following essays: Shooting an Elephant; Charles Dickens; Inside the Whale; The Frontiers of Art and Propaganda; Literature and Totalitarianism; Fascism and Democracy; Patriots and Revolutionaries; Catastrophic Gradualism; Some Thoughts on the Common Toad; Why I Write; Writers and Leviathan.
Toate formatele și edițiile | Preț | Express |
---|---|---|
Paperback (42) | 17.91 lei 3-5 săpt. | +4.79 lei 7-13 zile |
Adarsh Books – 2003 | 17.91 lei 3-5 săpt. | +4.79 lei 7-13 zile |
Prashant Publications – 2022 | 18.35 lei 3-5 săpt. | +6.34 lei 7-13 zile |
WORDSWORTH EDITIONS LTD – 2021 | 22.02 lei 3-5 săpt. | +6.83 lei 7-13 zile |
Maple Press – 2014 | 31.59 lei 3-5 săpt. | +5.51 lei 7-13 zile |
Alma Books COMMIS – 6 ian 2021 | 37.99 lei 3-5 săpt. | +5.10 lei 7-13 zile |
Reclam Philipp Jun. – 12 feb 2021 | 38.23 lei 17-23 zile | +3.55 lei 7-13 zile |
Penguin Books – 2 ian 2013 | 40.77 lei 23-34 zile | +12.33 lei 7-13 zile |
Penguin Books – 6 iun 2018 | 41.16 lei 23-34 zile | +12.99 lei 7-13 zile |
Penguin Books – 23 feb 2000 | 41.41 lei 23-34 zile | +13.42 lei 7-13 zile |
Arcturus Publishing – 31 oct 2022 | 43.79 lei 3-5 săpt. | +3.95 lei 7-13 zile |
Scholastic – 7 ian 2021 | 43.85 lei 3-5 săpt. | +4.21 lei 7-13 zile |
Penguin Books – 2 iul 2008 | 45.64 lei 23-34 zile | +13.47 lei 7-13 zile |
OUP OXFORD – 7 ian 2021 | 46.32 lei 10-16 zile | +14.62 lei 7-13 zile |
Little Brown Book Group – 3 iun 2021 | 46.46 lei 3-5 săpt. | +20.96 lei 7-13 zile |
Prakash Books – 2012 | 46.53 lei 3-5 săpt. | +4.95 lei 7-13 zile |
HARPERCOLLINS INDIA – 31 mar 2024 | 46.85 lei 3-5 săpt. | +3.54 lei 7-13 zile |
Penguin Books – aug 2024 | 46.89 lei 23-34 zile | +15.78 lei 7-13 zile |
BIRLINN GENERAL – 5 ian 2022 | 47.23 lei 3-5 săpt. | +4.94 lei 7-13 zile |
Penguin Books – 27 oct 1999 | 49.95 lei 3-5 săpt. | +4.20 lei 7-13 zile |
HarperCollins Publishers – 7 ian 2021 | 50.05 lei 3-5 săpt. | +4.57 lei 7-13 zile |
Scholastic – 4 ian 2023 | 51.15 lei 3-5 săpt. | +8.56 lei 7-13 zile |
Vintage Publishing – 6 ian 2021 | 51.20 lei 23-34 zile | +16.00 lei 7-13 zile |
Signet Classics – 31 mar 1996 | 51.64 lei 3-5 săpt. | +9.76 lei 7-13 zile |
Firestone Books – 25 apr 2021 | 54.88 lei 3-5 săpt. | +8.00 lei 7-13 zile |
SWEET CHERRY PUBLISHING – 5 dec 2024 | 56.37 lei 3-5 săpt. | +5.36 lei 7-13 zile |
Klett Sprachen GmbH – 19 feb 2021 | 56.74 lei 17-23 zile | +5.27 lei 7-13 zile |
FABER AND FABER LTD – 5 ian 2022 | 57.87 lei 3-5 săpt. | +10.79 lei 7-13 zile |
BARRINGTON STOKE – 15 ian 2021 | 58.86 lei 3-5 săpt. | +14.41 lei 7-13 zile |
Klett Sprachen GmbH – 6 dec 2017 | 64.63 lei 17-23 zile | +5.99 lei 7-13 zile |
Cornelsen Verlag GmbH – 5 oct 2021 | 66.73 lei 17-23 zile | +6.19 lei 7-13 zile |
NICK HERN BOOKS – 26 feb 2004 | 67.89 lei 3-5 săpt. | +2.81 lei 7-13 zile |
Orange Books International – 27 iul 2020 | 78.49 lei 3-5 săpt. | +2.96 lei 7-13 zile |
Plume Books – 30 apr 2003 | 81.71 lei 3-5 săpt. | |
Plume Books – 31 mai 1996 | 83.75 lei 3-5 săpt. | |
Klett Sprachen GmbH – 25 apr 2022 | 84.28 lei 17-23 zile | +7.83 lei 7-13 zile |
Penguin Books – 5 aug 2020 | 96.66 lei 23-34 zile | +42.95 lei 7-13 zile |
HarperCollins Publishers – 7 sep 2020 | 123.60 lei 3-5 săpt. | |
Hawk Press – 7 mar 1992 | 63.07 lei 6-8 săpt. | |
Gröls Verlag – 13 mar 2023 | 73.80 lei 38-44 zile | |
TingleBooks – 28 iul 2020 | 80.03 lei 6-8 săpt. | |
Delhi Open Books – 29 sep 2019 | 86.92 lei 6-8 săpt. | |
Vintage Publishing – 29 aug 2018 | 198.96 lei 6-8 săpt. | |
Hardback (13) | 45.42 lei 3-5 săpt. | +28.11 lei 7-13 zile |
MacMillan Collector's Library – 6 ian 2021 | 45.42 lei 3-5 săpt. | +28.11 lei 7-13 zile |
EVERYMAN – 20 mai 1993 | 69.09 lei 23-34 zile | +24.74 lei 7-13 zile |
Penguin Books – 6 ian 2021 | 78.03 lei 23-34 zile | +25.69 lei 7-13 zile |
Random House – 13 aug 2020 | 78.62 lei 23-34 zile | +26.72 lei 7-13 zile |
Arcturus Publishing – 14 noi 2023 | 85.21 lei 3-5 săpt. | +21.42 lei 7-13 zile |
HarperCollins Publishers – 19 noi 1990 | 94.21 lei 3-5 săpt. | +9.71 lei 7-13 zile |
FABER & FABER – 3 feb 2021 | 95.13 lei 3-5 săpt. | +13.10 lei 7-13 zile |
Perfection Learning – 31 mar 2004 | 111.42 lei 3-5 săpt. | |
Pearson Education – 17 dec 1972 | 115.22 lei 3-5 săpt. | +5.73 lei 7-13 zile |
chiltern publishing – 30 sep 2021 | 125.18 lei 3-5 săpt. | +11.12 lei 7-13 zile |
HarperCollins Publishers – 2 sep 2019 | 139.27 lei 3-5 săpt. | +48.15 lei 7-13 zile |
HarperCollins Publishers – 17 apr 1996 | 216.34 lei 3-5 săpt. | |
General Press – 2018 | 149.72 lei 6-8 săpt. | |
CD-Audio (1) | 84.08 lei 23-34 zile | +24.41 lei 7-13 zile |
Penguin Books – 3 mar 2021 | 84.08 lei 23-34 zile | +24.41 lei 7-13 zile |
Din seria Wordsworth Classics
- Preț: 14.99 lei
- Preț: 21.64 lei
- Preț: 25.53 lei
- Preț: 23.48 lei
- Preț: 23.12 lei
- Preț: 25.27 lei
- Preț: 23.98 lei
- Preț: 24.76 lei
- Preț: 21.78 lei
- Preț: 23.98 lei
- 15% Preț: 19.96 lei
- Preț: 25.68 lei
- Preț: 23.53 lei
- Preț: 22.14 lei
- Preț: 25.53 lei
- Preț: 22.96 lei
- Preț: 26.28 lei
- Preț: 22.71 lei
- Preț: 24.96 lei
- Preț: 21.93 lei
- Preț: 23.22 lei
- Preț: 26.05 lei
- Preț: 21.68 lei
- Preț: 21.93 lei
- Preț: 23.48 lei
- Preț: 20.96 lei
- Preț: 21.93 lei
- Preț: 22.19 lei
- Preț: 23.98 lei
- Preț: 23.98 lei
- Preț: 22.75 lei
- Preț: 21.07 lei
- Preț: 23.48 lei
- Preț: 20.64 lei
- Preț: 22.44 lei
- Preț: 21.78 lei
- Preț: 20.96 lei
- Preț: 23.73 lei
- Preț: 21.42 lei
- Preț: 25.27 lei
- Preț: 21.12 lei
- Preț: 21.42 lei
- Preț: 23.73 lei
- Preț: 22.19 lei
- Preț: 26.05 lei
- Preț: 22.71 lei
- Preț: 22.96 lei
- Preț: 21.93 lei
- Preț: 23.07 lei
- Preț: 21.53 lei
Preț: 22.02 lei
Nou
4.22€ • 4.38$ • 3.50£
Carte disponibilă
Livrare economică 15-29 ianuarie 25
Livrare express 01-07 ianuarie 25 pentru 16.82 lei
Specificații
ISBN-10: 1840228032
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 121 x 195 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: WORDSWORTH EDITIONS LTD
Seria Wordsworth Classics
Recenzii de la cititorii Books Express
Ina Fabian a dat nota:
This book is a metaphoric and hilarious perspective of communism developed in a farm, where each animal represents the government and its leaders, but also people of a community. The story illustrates so well the principles of communism, how it was applied in the animal community and their reaction and mentality about it. There were two sides: those who were afraid to speak up and those who were not smart enough to know the difference between right or wrong. Moreover, I couldn’t resist compare it to real life, how a lider can influence a community and that actions can be told in a way to hide the truth. It was a pleasure reading this book, even though I postponed reading it for years. It’s a quick, fast-paced book, I highly recommend it!
Notă biografică
Orwell wuchs als zweites von drei Kindern eines Kolonialbeamten ab seinem zweiten Lebensjahr in England auf. Seine Mutter war mit den Kindern, jedoch ohne den Vater, von Indien nach England zurückgekehrt. Über seinen Internatsbesuch und die damit verbundenen schlechten Erlebnisse schrieb Orwell später das Essay mit dem ironischen Titel "Such, Such Were the Joys". Später ging er auf das renommierte Eton College, für das er aufgrund seiner Leistungen ein Stipendium erhielt.
1924 trat Orwell freiwillig in den Dienst der Indian Imperial Police in Burma. Da er mit deren Methoden jedoch nicht einverstanden war, legte er 1927 sein Amt nieder und widmete sich dem Schreiben. Während seiner Jahre in London und Paris musste er sich mit Hilfsjobs durchschlagen und war zeitweise obdachlos. Seine Erfahrungen verarbeitete er in seinem Romandebüt "Down and Out in Paris and London" 1933.
1936 heiratete Orwell und zog auf Seiten der Marxistischen Arbeiterpartei in den Spanischen Bürgerkrieg. Verwundet kehrte er ein Jahr später wieder zurück und arbeitete als Buchkritiker und Kriegsberichterstatter. Eines seiner wichtigsten Werke, die Fabel "Animal Farm", erschien 1945. Im selben Jahr verstarb seine Frau.
1947 zog Orwell an die Westküste Schottlands in die Einsamkeit, wo er mit der Dystopie "Nineteen Eighty-Four" über den totalitären Überwachungsstaat sein bekanntestes Werk verfasste. 1950 heiratete er, bereits schwer an Tuberkulose erkrankt, in einem Londoner Krankenhaus ein zweites Mal und verstarb dort wenige Monate später, am 21. Januar 1950, im Alter von 46 Jahren.
Caracteristici
Cuprins
Recenzii
Odyr's rich brushstrokes do much to enhance the experience of Orwell's brand of satire
Odyr's expressive watercolour palette strikes a visceral note that matches the intensity of Orwell's original text ...He skillfully evokes the mood of the countryside and the plot's shocking violence; the atmosphere and emotions are spot-on