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)

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)

'You're not Mia Thermopolis any more, honey,' Dad said. 'You're Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo. Princess of Genovia.' A Princess?? Me??? Yeah. Right. One minute Mia's a totally normal Manhattan 14-year-old. Next minute she's heir to the throne of Genovia, being trailed by a trigger-happy bodyguard, taking princess lessons with her bonkers old grandmere, and havi...(展开全部)

The Princess Diaries is a chick-lit series written by Meg Cabot. The first volume, with the same title, was published in 2000. Unlike most novels, those in The Princess Diaries series are not sorted into chapters, but journal entries of varying lengths. The series spent 38 weeks on the New York Times Children's Series Best Sellers List and has been sold to publishers in 37 for...(展开全部)