1984

Reading 1984 is a unique experience that changes the reader as few other books can do. In this nightmarish warning against the horrors of totalitarian regimes, Orwell imagines a grotesque mixture of Hitler and Stalin with a touch of capitalist greed, teaching us how to recognise the same approach in contemporary politics and ideology, from propaganda to the manipulation of language. A powerful demonstration of the connection between words and ideas, showing how important education is to obtain freedom. This edition is specially tailored to the needs of English learners and contains the original text with numerous explanatory notes, an introduction, the keywords to understand the main ideas, several activities, and an essay by Orwell on politics and the English language.