{"product_id":"george-orwell-visions-of-dystopia","title":"George Orwell Visions of Dystopia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e432 pages | Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cdiv id=\"desc_summary1839644745-content\" class=\"expandContent\" style=\"margin-top: 2px; max-height: 300px; margin-bottom: 2px; overflow: auto; color: #545454; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 12px;\"\u003eOrwell is most well-known for his two famous novels \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, but their dystopian vision was informed by observations of poverty in England (\u003ci\u003eDown and Out in Paris' and London\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRoad to Wigan Pier\u003c\/i\u003e), and disillusion with political and national events of the 1930s and 1940s. \u003ci\u003eHomage to Catalonia\u003c\/i\u003e chronicled his experience of the Spanish Civil War and formulated his revulsion against totalitarianism, highlighted in his subsequent novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new collection (edited and with a new introduction by Professor Richard Bradford, and a foreword by Whitbread Prize winner D.J. Taylor) brings together Orwell's two celebrated novels and some of his seminal nonfiction (extensive extracts from \u003ci\u003eDown and Out in Paris and London\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Wigan Pier\u003c\/i\u003e, and the whole of \u003ci\u003eHomage to Catalonia\u003c\/i\u003e), along with some brief extracts of pertinent work by Jack London, who also explored totalitarianism in \u003ci\u003eThe Iron Heel\u003c\/i\u003e (fiction), and the Russian dissident Yevgeny Zamyatin whose own work \u003ci\u003eWe\u003c\/i\u003e (1921) offers a strong warning about a dystopian police state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new addition to the \u003cb\u003eFlame Tree deluxe Gothic Fantasy\u003c\/b\u003e series on classic and modern writers, exploring origins and cultural themes in myth, fable and speculative fiction. The Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories and Epic Tales collections bring together the entire range of myth, folklore and modern short fiction. Highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction and mystery stories, the books in Flame Tree Collections series are beautifully presented, perfect as a gift and offer a lifetime of reading pleasure.\u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv class=\"expandHeader accFont\" style=\"font-weight: bold; width: 185px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e9ebec; padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; overflow: hidden; cursor: pointer; color: #005373; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SIMON \u0026 SCHUSTER","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44457861775497,"sku":"9781839644740","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0376\/3057\/4729\/files\/b28f0a9af556d5ffa76bf5a9146af9f078bc1aaf.jpg?v=1757060489","url":"https:\/\/thebookmarkpr.com\/products\/george-orwell-visions-of-dystopia","provider":"The Bookmark Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}