Browse by category
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
19.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Orwell's first published book, Down and Out in Paris and London, is at once a very personal account, an exposé of poverty-stricken lives between the wars, and a call for social and economic reform.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gol ...Show more
Essays: George Orwell by George Orwell
37.00 NZD
Category: Classics
'The general uncertainty as to what is really happening makes it easier to cling to lunatic beliefs.' These essays, reviews and articles illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century - a man who created a unique literary manner from the process of thinking aloud and ...Show more
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
12.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism as I understand it." Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in Homage to Catalonia. Here he ...Show more
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
19.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
"A crucially important book." - The Guardian "One of Orwell's very best books and perhaps the best book that exists on the Spanish Civil War." - The New Yorker Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's brutally honest account of his experience as a militiaman during the Spanish Civil War. In the last d ...Show more
Keep the Aspidistra Flying: Popular Penguins by George Orwell
13.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A novel by the author of 1984 about a man determined to reject middle-class values who finds living in noble poverty more difficult than expected. Gordon Comstock despises the materialism and shallowness of middle-class life--the worship of money, the striving for dull, stuffy respectability. To live ...Show more
Nineteen Eighty-Four (Macmillan Collector's Library) by George Orwell
19.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Winston Smith lives in a nightmare world where the Thought Police spy on everyone and children are taught to betray their parents. Even the smallest sign of disagreement with the Party results in torture, imprisonment, or death. Big Brother oversees everything - but who is he? Winston tries hard to keep ...Show more
Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Graphic Novel by George Orwell
40.00 NZD
Category: Graphic Novels
The first ever graphic novel adaptation of George Orwell's timeless dystopia. Winston Smith, an outwardly obedient citizen of Airstrip One, dreams secretly of truth and freedom - but his rebellion will come at a terrible cost. George Orwell's dark masterpiece has enthralled readers for over seventy year ...Show more
Notes on Nationalism by George Orwell
2.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern | Reading Level: very good
The general uncertainty as to what is really happening makes it easier to cling to lunatic beliefs' Biting and timeless reflections on patriotism, prejudice and power, from the man who wrote about his nation better than anyone.
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
19.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
The Road to Wigan Pier is a book in two parts: the first half is Orwell's description of working-class life in industrial communities of the north of England, the second examines his own political views.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics wi ...Show more