ANIMAL FARM

George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century, making famous Big Brother, newspeak and Room 101.'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past'Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal.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. All his novels and non-fiction, including Burmese Days (1934), Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), The Road to Wigan Pier (1937) and Homage to Catalonia (1938) are published in Penguin Modern Classics. If you enjoyed Nineteen Eighty-Four, you might like Orwell's Animal Farm, also available in Penguin Great Orwell.'His final masterpiece... enthralling and indispensible for understanding modern history'Timothy Garton-Ash, New York Review of Books'The book of the twentieth century... haunts us with an ever-darker relevance'Independent

Texte fondateur qui préfigure en partie les visions dramatiques du monde totalitaire de 1984, Hommage à la Catalogne est autant un reportage qu'une réflexion sur la guerre d'Espagne. Engagé aux côtés des républicains, Orwell voit dans la trahison des communistes les conséquences du jeu politique stalinien. Il en découlera la prise de conscience d'un nécessaire engagement..." Le texte le plus personnel et le plus émouvant de George Orwell. "Sébastien Lapaque - Le Figaro littéraireTraduit de l'anglaispar Yvonne Davet

Plongez en VO dans ce chef-d'oeuvre absolu. Pour vous aider, des traductions en marge vous permettront de bien comprendre le texte original. Ce texte en VO fait partie des lectures imposées pour les classes de Première dans le cadre du nouveau bac 2020. Retrouvez Sage l'Ancien, vieux cochon que tous les animaux de la ferme respectent, et son rêve d'un monde nouveau, plus égal et plus juste, débarrassé de Mr. Jones, le fermier incompétent. Découvrez cette fable politique à l'humour grinçant : assistez au soulèvement des animaux, à l'instauration de leur république fondée sur l'égalité, et aux vicissitudes qu'ils vont rencontrer...

When the animals take over the farm. they think it is the start of a better life. Their dream is of a world where all animals are equal and ail property is shared. But soon the pigs take control and one of them, Napoleon, becomes leader of ail the animals. One by one the principles of the revolution are abandoned, until the animals have even less freedom than before. Animal Farm is one of the classic stories of modern English fiction, and is a powerful study of the use and abuse of political power. The Longman Fiction series offers a stimulating range of literature for lower intermediate to advanced level students of English. Every book contains an introduction, word list and activity material to help understanding and appreciation of the book.