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George Orwell, Author ; Miguel Temprano García, Translator | Barcelona (Spain) : DeBolsillo | Contemporánea | 2017; Grades 10-12 ; Totalitarianism ; Domestic animals ; Political fiction ; Satire ; Political corruptionEn el año 1984 Londres es una ciudad lúgubre en la que la Policía del Pensamiento controla de forma asfixiante la vida de los ciudadanos. Winston Smith es un peón de este engranaje perverso, su cometido es reescribir la historia para adaptarla a[...]
George Orwell, Bibliographic antecedent ; Michael Dean, Adapter | New York; London; Madrid : Penguin Books | Penguin Readers | 2003Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people every second of the day. He fights this world with love. But it's dangerous: love for another person can be punished by death - and Big Brother is always watching. Orwell's[...]
Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people's lives every second of the day. Alone in his small, one-room apartment, Winston dreams of a better life. Is freedom from this life of suffering possible? There must be someth[...]
Inquietante interpretación futurista basada en la crítica a los totalitarismos y a la opresión del poder, situada en 1984 en una sociedad inglesa dominada por un sistema de "colectivismo burocrático" controlada por el Gran Hermano. Londres, 1984[...]
Londres, 1984: el Gran Hermano controla hasta el último detalle de la vida privada de los ciudadanos. Winston Smith trabaja en el Ministerio de la Verdad reescribiendo y retocando la historia para un estado totalitario que somete de forma despia[...]
Portrays a terrifying vision of life in the future when a totalitarian government, considered a "Negative Utopia," watches over all citizens and directs all activities, becoming more powerful as time goes by. -- Worldcat
Political satire and propagandist warning, disguised as an animal fable. The events in the tale mirror those in Russian history between 1917 and 1945, including the chasing out of the Tsar and the gradual creation of Stalin's power. -- Worldcat
; Totalitarianism -- Fiction ; Domestic animals -- Fiction ; Adults ; Grades 10-12 ; Native speakersAll animals are equal - but some are more equal than others'. When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But [...]
All animals are equal - but some are more equal than others' When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But[...]
; Farms -- Fiction ; Political corruption -- Fiction ; Totalitarianism -- Fiction ; Satire ; Grades 8-10Originally published: London: Secker & Warburg, 1945.
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 all property is shared. But soon the pigs take control and one of them, Napoleon, becomes leader of all [...]
; Adults ; Grades 10-12 ; Poor -- France -- Fiction ; Poor -- London -- Fiction ; Homelessness -- FictionThe adventures of a broke British writer as he works as a dishwasher in Paris and stays in homeless shelters in London. -- Worldcat
Rudyard Kipling, Author ; Bryn Brooks, Author ; Lilijana Olivieri, Author ; Daniel Richards, Author ; Joseph Conrad, Author ; Edward Morgan Forster, Author ; William Somerset Maugham, Author ; George Orwell, Author ; Jean Rhys, Author | Genova (Italy) : CIDEB | 1997
