George Orwell was an inveterate keeper of diaries. This one-volume edition presents eleven diaries covering the period 1931–1949, and follows Orwell from his early years as a writer up to his last literary notebook.

George Orwell was an inveterate keeper of diaries. "The Orwell Diaries" presents eleven of them, covering the period 1931-1949, and follows Orwell from his early years as a writer to his last literary notebook. An entry from 1931 tells of a communal shave in the Trafalgar Square fountains, while notes from his travels through industrial England show the development of the impas...(展开全部)

At last, a fresh, comprehensive biography of the twentieth century's most emblematic writer In the last fifty years, Animal Farm and 1984 have sold over forty million copies, and "Orwellian" is now a byword for a particular way of thinking about life, literature, and language. D. J. Taylor's magisterial assessment cuts through George Orwell's iconic status to reveal a bitter cr...(展开全部)

In the last half-century, George Orwell's "Animal Farm" and "Nineteen Eighty-Four" have sold over 40 million copies. The adjective 'Orwellian' is now a byword for a particular way of thinking about life, literature and language, while Orwell himself has become one of the most potent and symbolic figures in western political thought. Despite this iconic status, Orwell (born Eric...(展开全部)

Today, as liberty and truth are increasingly challenged, the figures of Churchill and Orwell loom large. Exemplars of Britishness, they preserved individual freedom and democracy for the world through their far-sighted vision and inspired action, and cast a long shadow across our culture and politics. In Churchill & Orwell, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas E. Ricks mast...(展开全部)

乔治•奥威尔（1903—1950），英国伟大的人道主义作家、新闻记者和社会评论家，传世之作《一九八四》、《动物农场》脍炙人口，历久弥新，被誉为“一代英国人的冷峻良心”。 编者英国戏剧、传记学者，奥威尔研究专家彼得•戴维森（Peter Davison）。

In one of the most intrepid travelogues in recent memory, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent traveling through Burma, using as a compass the life and work of George Orwell, whom many of Burma's underground teahouse intellectuals call simply the Prophet.In stirring prose, she provides a powerful reckoning with one of the world's least free countries. Finding George Orwell i...(展开全部)

In one of the most intrepid travelogues in recent memory, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent traveling through Burma, using as a compass the life and work of George Orwell, whom many of Burma's underground teahouse intellectuals call simply the Prophet.In stirring prose, she provides a powerful reckoning with one of the world's least free countries. Finding George Orwell i...(展开全部)

乔治·凯南（1904年—2005年），美国著名外交家、政治学家和历史学家，对苏联遏制政策始创人，两次荣获普利策奖和国家图书奖。1946年2月22日，任美国驻苏联代办期间，乔治·凯南向美国国务院发出著名的“长电报”，对苏联的内部社会和对外政策进行了深入分析，提出了最终被美国政府所采纳的长期对苏战略。 弗兰克·科斯蒂廖拉，美国康涅狄格大学冷战史教授，著有《罗斯福丧失盟友：个人政治如何促发冷战》《尴尬的领导权》《法国与美国：第二次世界大战以来的冷战联盟》等。