1984. Animal Farm

George Orwell, an English writer, critic and publicist, went down in literary history primarily thanks to his last novel, 1984. The book was published in 1949, was reprinted many times and translated into 60 languages. Along with the novels Brave New World by O. Huxley and We by E. Zamyatin, Orwell's book became one of the main dystopias of the 20th century. The society of the future depicted by the author is based on the total lack of freedom of the individual, propaganda and open violence, which, according to the bitter and menacing prediction of the author, won in the fictional state of Oceania by 1984, but in the structure of this state it is easy to recognize the features of any totalitarian regime. This collection also includes the famous satirical fairy tale-parable Animal Farm, which is thematically adjacent to the novel 1984. The animals in the fairy tale, having driven the owner off the farm, try to create a just society based on the laws of universal equality. But this turns out to be not such an easy task, because, as it is said in the novel: "All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others."

Author: George Orwell
Translation: Bespalova Larisa, Golyshev Victor
Publisher: Inostranka
Year: 2023
Pages: 448
Dimensions: 206x135x29 mm
Cover type: Hardcover
ISBN: 978-5-389-24106-0