
The Essential Works of George Orwell (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Dystopian Satire, Animal Allegory, Anti-Fascist Essays, and Writings on Language, Propaganda, and PowerBy George OrwellLength114h 12m
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The Essential Works of George Orwell gathers the writings through which Orwell became one of the twentieth century's most incisive moral and political imaginations. Bringing together his major fiction—most notably the allegorical satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four—with representative essays and reportage, the volume reveals a prose style prized for lucidity, restraint, and argumentative force. Orwell writes within and against the traditions of political satire, documentary realism, and modernist social criticism, transforming the crises of empire, class, propaganda, and totalitarianism into enduring literary forms. George Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair in 1903, was shaped by experiences that gave his work unusual authority: service in the Indian Imperial Police, voluntary poverty among workers and vagrants, combat in the Spanish Civil War, and journalism during an age of ideological extremism. These encounters sharpened his suspicion of cant, euphemism, and concentrated power, while deepening his commitment to democratic socialism and intellectual honesty. This collection is recommended to readers seeking both literary brilliance and political clarity. It remains essential for understanding how language can liberate, deceive, or dominate public life.
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Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length114 hrs 12 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 4, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1H. C. McNeile - The Great War Collection (Annotated)
26XXIII
2Novels
27XXIV
3Burmese Days
28XXV
4I
29A Clergyman’s Daughter
5II
30I
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6III
31II
7IV
32III
8V
33IV
9VI
34V
10VII
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11VIII
36I
12IX
37II
13X
38III
14XI
39IV
15XII
40V
16XIII
41VI
17XIV
42VII
18XV
43I
19XVI
44II
20XVII
45I
21XVIII
46II
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47III
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24XXI
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50VI