{"title":"British Literature, British Classics, Modern Classics, Political Fiction, Dystopian Fiction, Satire, Philosophy \u0026 Political Thought, George Orwell","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"animal-farm","title":"Animal Farm","description":"\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eFirst published in 1945, George Orwell’s \u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003e is a deceptively simple political fable about a revolution that begins with the promise of freedom and ends in a new form of oppression. On Manor Farm, the animals overthrow their human master, Mr Jones, determined to build a society founded on equality and shared labour. Under the leadership of the pigs, particularly the ambitious Napoleon and the eloquent Squealer, their hopes gradually give way to manipulation, privilege and fear. As the original ideals of the rebellion are distorted, the animals discover how easily language can be used to conceal injustice and how power can corrupt even the noblest ambitions.\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eWritten during the final years of the Second World War and shaped by Orwell’s disillusionment with Stalinism, \u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003e is both a critique of the Soviet revolution and a broader examination of authoritarian power. Its accessible narrative, memorable characters and devastating irony give the novel a force that extends far beyond its historical moment. The contrast between the pigs’ growing privileges and the steadfast labour of the horse Boxer reveals the human cost of political betrayal, while the farm itself becomes a miniature society in which propaganda steadily replaces truth. Orwell combines the economy of a traditional beast fable with the sharpness of political satire, creating one of the defining works of twentieth-century English literature. Brief, lucid and unsettling, \u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003e remains a powerful study of how revolutions lose their way when those who claim to speak for the people become more concerned with preserving their own authority.\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63903446663498,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"nineteen-eighty-four","title":"Nineteen Eighty-Four","description":"\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eFirst published in 1949, George Orwell’s \u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003e is one of the defining novels of modern political fiction, a chilling vision of a society in which power seeks to control not only public behaviour but private thought itself. Winston Smith lives in Airstrip One, a province of the vast superstate Oceania, where the Party governs through constant surveillance, historical revision and the watchful presence of Big Brother. Working at the Ministry of Truth, Winston alters the past to suit the Party’s shifting claims, while privately nurturing doubts about the regime and longing for a life beyond its reach. His forbidden relationship with Julia and his tentative search for resistance lead him into a world where truth is unstable, language is manipulated and even the most intimate human loyalties are subject to political control.\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eWritten in the aftermath of the Second World War and shaped by Orwell’s opposition to totalitarianism, \u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003e explores the terrifying possibilities of propaganda, mass surveillance and the deliberate destruction of independent thought. Its inventions, from Newspeak and the Thought Police to the ritualised spectacle of the Two Minutes Hate, have become enduring reference points in discussions of political power and civil liberty. Yet the novel’s force lies not merely in its imagined machinery of oppression, but in its understanding of the human need for truth, privacy and genuine connection. Orwell’s spare, unsparing prose gives the world of Oceania an unsettling plausibility, transforming a political warning into an intimate psychological drama. More than a dystopian classic, \u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c!--comp--\u003e\u003c!--for--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--it--\u003e\u003c!--if--\u003e remains one of the twentieth century’s most influential explorations of what happens when a state claims authority over reality itself.\u003c!--\/if--\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--\/it--\u003e\u003c!--\/for--\u003e\u003c!--\/comp--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63903465177418,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/fr\/collections\/british-literature-british-classics-modern-classics-political-fiction-dystopian-fiction-satire-philosophy-political-thought-george-orwell.oembed","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}