George Orwell's best-known novels, Animal Farm , describing a revolution that goes horribly wrong, and Nineteen Eighty-Four , portraying a world where human freedom has been crushed, are two of the most famous, well-quoted and influential political satires ever written. The other novels in this volume also tell stories of people at odds with repressive institutions: the corrupt imperialism of Burmese Days , disaffection with materialistic society in Keep the Aspidistra Flying , the perils of modern suburban living in Coming Up for Air and surviving on the streets in A Clergyman's Daughter.
All the novels brought together here display Orwell's humour, his understanding of human nature and his great compassion.
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George Orwell's best-known novels, Animal Farm , describing a revolution that goes horribly wrong, and Nineteen Eighty-Four , portraying a world where human freedom has been crushed, are two of the most famous, well-quoted and influential political satires ever written. The other novels in this volume also tell stories of people at odds with repressive institutions: the corrupt imperialism of Burmese Days , disaffection with materialistic society in Keep the Aspidistra Flying , the perils of modern suburban living in Coming Up for Air and surviving on the streets in A Clergyman's Daughter.
All the novels brought together here display Orwell's humour, his understanding of human nature and his great compassion.