Orwell, George 1903-1950

Animal farm by George Orwell ( Book )
1,241 editions published between 1944 and 9999 in 70 languages and held by 7,672 libraries worldwide
A satire on totalitarianism in which farm animals overthrow their human owner and set up their own government.

1984 by George Orwell ( Book )
1,237 editions published between 1900 and 2011 in 43 languages and held by 7,277 libraries worldwide
Eternal warfare is the price of bleak prosperity in this satire of totalitarian barbarism.

Burmese days by George Orwell ( Book )
193 editions published between 1934 and 2011 in 12 languages and held by 2,762 libraries worldwide
A corrupt Burmese politician uses the powers of his office to win membership in a British club.

Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell ( Book )
246 editions published between 1938 and 2011 in 25 languages and held by 2,688 libraries worldwide
Contains primary source material.

Down and out in Paris and London by George Orwell ( Book )
242 editions published between 1933 and 2010 in 17 languages and held by 2,534 libraries worldwide
The adventures of a broke British writer as he works as a dishwasher in Paris and stays in homeless shelters in London.

The road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell ( Book )
147 editions published between 1937 and 2010 in 9 languages and held by 2,276 libraries worldwide
George Orwell's observations on the appalling living conditions of the unemployed of northern England in 1937, includes evaluations of middle class prejudice and apathy, and a criticism of socialism.

The collected essays, journalism, and letters of George Orwell by George Orwell ( Book )
121 editions published between 1968 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 2,191 libraries worldwide

Keep the aspidistra flying by George Orwell ( Book )
152 editions published between 1936 and 2011 in 12 languages and held by 2,131 libraries worldwide
Gordon Comstock refuses to be corrupted by the world around him and chooses a low paying job and a life of poverty over prosperity and family responsibilities; however, the more he struggles against the money god, the more he realizes that it is a futile journey.

Coming up for air by George Orwell ( Book )
154 editions published between 1939 and 2011 in 12 languages and held by 2,038 libraries worldwide
From the Publisher: George Bowling, the hero of this comic novel, is a middle-aged insurance salesman who lives in an average English suburban row house with a wife and two children. One day, after winning some money from a bet, he goes back to the village where he grew up, to fish for carp in a pool he remembers from thirty years before. The pool, alas, is gone, the village has changed beyond recognition, and the principal event of his holiday is an accidental bombing by the RAF.

The Orwell reader; fiction, essays, and reportage by George Orwell ( Book )
11 editions published between 1956 and 2007 in English and held by 1,651 libraries worldwide
Selected from ... fiction, essays, and reportage, the writings in this anthology show how [the author] developed as writer and as thinker; inevitably, too, they reflect and illuminate the history of the time of troubles in which he lived and worked. His gifts as an interpreter of the social and political landscape are justly celebrated, as is his ... portrait, [and] the dramatic and absorbing tale. [The] collection offers a ... view of a writer in whom compassion and enjoyment are as native as the rage for justice. -Back cover.