George Orwell - Penguin Books Australia

Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.

Books by George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-four

Fascism and Democracy

Notes on Nationalism

Can Socialists be Happy?

Homage to Catalonia

Penguin Readers Level 7: Nineteen Eighty-Four (ELT Graded Reader)

Books v. Cigarettes

Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell: A BBC Radio Collection

George Orwell, Mike Walker, Jonathan Holloway

Penguin Readers Level 3: Animal Farm (ELT Graded Reader)

Orwell on Freedom

The Lion and the Unicorn

Orwell on Truth

England Your England

The Collected Non-Fiction

Seeing Things as They Are: Selected Journalism and Other Writings

Politics and the English Language

Burmese Days, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Coming Up for Air

Some Thoughts On The Common Toad

The Orwell Diaries

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