{"title":"George Orwell","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"a-clergymans-daughter","title":"A Clergymans Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"A Clergyman's Daughter: A Thought-Provoking Exploration of Identity and Morality by George Orwell\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a compelling novel that delves into the struggles of Dorothy Hare, the dutiful daughter of a rural clergyman. Bound by duty and societal expectations, Dorothy’s life is abruptly transformed when an unexpected event forces her into a world of uncertainty, hardship, and self-discovery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrwell masterfully explores themes of identity, morality, and the rigid structures of class and gender roles. As Dorothy navigates through homelessness, labor exploitation, and the loss of memory, the novel questions the boundaries of personal identity and the constraints of social obligations. Her journey exposes the harsh realities of poverty, the struggle for dignity, and the fragile nature of human resilience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough Orwell’s sharp prose and vivid realism, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"A Clergyman’s Daughter\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e challenges the reader to reflect on society’s treatment of the vulnerable and the expectations imposed on individuals, particularly women. The novel is a poignant meditation on faith, sacrifice, and the search for meaning in an unforgiving world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith its unflinching social critique and deeply introspective narrative, this book remains a powerful exploration of the human condition. Readers who appreciate thought-provoking literature will find themselves captivated by Orwell’s ability to blend storytelling with profound social commentary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crosswordbooks.uae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42137157501003,"sku":"BK0009082","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/4877\/3707\/files\/d.jpg?v=1778929045"},{"product_id":"burmese-days","title":"Burmese Days","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBurmese Days is a novel by famous English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic – George Orwell. It was Orwell’s first novel, and was first published in 1934. It is a tale from the waning days of British colonialism, when Burma was ruled from Delhi as a part of British India – \"a portrait of the dark side of the British Raj.\" It is set in 1920s imperial Burma, in the fictional district of Kyauktada. The plot follows the story of John Flory, \"the lone and lacking individual trapped within a bigger system that is undermining the better side of human nature.” Orwell's harsh portrayal of colonial society was felt by \"some old Burma hands\" to have \"rather let the side down\". In a letter from 1946, Orwell said \"I dare say it's unfair in some ways and inaccurate in some details, but much of it is simply reporting what I have seen\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crosswordbooks.uae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42137465323595,"sku":"BK0009081","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/4877\/3707\/files\/BurmeseDays.jpg?v=1779172478"},{"product_id":"coming-up-for-air","title":"Coming Up For Air","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1938, at a point when Orwell had developed a distinct and known literary voice (but was not yet famous), he decided to write a novel that would achieve three things: warn against war, remind people of the values of traditional English life, and offer a glimmer of hope for the future during a dark time. Coming Up for Air, released in 1939, does this and is also, in the words of Orwell biographer Bernard Crick, the \"most English of his novels.\" In this first-person novel, 45-year-old George Bowling journeys back to the home of his boyhood. Bowling, who has won some money betting on horse racing, keeps the news hidden from his wife and children and decides to use the winnings to finance a trip to his childhood home. This, to Bowling, is \"coming up for air.\" He has faced the unpleasant fact that a war is coming and wants to go to a tranquil place where he doesn't have to think about it for a time. He also wants a brief vacation away from his West Bletchley suburban London home's stresses: he wishes to get away from his bullying wife as well as the ceaseless pressure to earn a living. Bowling has idyllic memories of his childhood home in Lower Binfield from the period before World War I. However, when he returns, not surprisingly, everything has changed. It is not the tranquil place of fishing ponds that he remembers (his fishing pond has turned into a trash dump). The town has grown; it has a munitions plant; his childhood home has been turned into a tea shop; and his old girlfriend Elsie is now old and ugly. However, as the fat and toothless (he has false teeth) Bowling says to himself, no woman would ever look at him again unless paid—an acknowledgement of his own loss of looks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crosswordbooks.uae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42137473908811,"sku":"BK0009079","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/4877\/3707\/files\/ComingUpForAirByGeorgeOrwell.jpg?v=1779173710"},{"product_id":"down-and-out-in-paris-and-london","title":"Down And Out In Paris And London","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo be poor and destitute in 1920s Paris and London was to experience life at its lowest ebb. George Orwell, penniless and with nowhere to go, found himself experiencing just this as he wandered the streets of both capitals in search of a job. By day, he tramped the streets, often passing time with 'screevers' or street artists, drunks and other hobos. At night, he stood in line for a bed in a 'spike' or doss house, where a cup of sugary tea, a hunk of stale bread and a blanket were the only sustenance and comfort on offer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1933, Down and Out in Paris and London is George Orwell's haunting account of the streets and those who have no choice but to live on them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crosswordbooks.uae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42137491341387,"sku":"BK0009083","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/4877\/3707\/files\/9789363122574.jpg?v=1779175502"},{"product_id":"homage-to-catalonia","title":"Homage To Catalonia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHomage to Catolonia by George Orwell is a telling of the author's personal experiences as a soldier of the POUM militia in the Spanish Civil War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrwell's journey to war-ridden Spain was initially for the purposes of reporting the conflict, but he very quickly found himself a participant in the struggle as an infantry soldier. He volunteered to fight on the side of the Republican faction (pro-democratic, left-wing party) and the book is a first-hand account of an ordinary foot soldier's life in the trenches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeorge Orwell not only vividly recounts tales and tragedies from the battleground, but also details the war's effect on the cities, its people and the politics of the time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crosswordbooks.uae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42137532923979,"sku":"BK0009078","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/4877\/3707\/files\/9789363120167.jpg?v=1779692216"},{"product_id":"keep-the-aspidisra-flying","title":"Keep The Aspidisra Flying","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. 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Through the character of Gordon Comstock, Orwell reveals his own disaffection with the society he once himself renounced.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnlivened with vivid autobiographical detail, George Orwell's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKeep the Aspidistra Flying\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a tragically witty account of the struggle to escape from a materialistic existence, with an introduction by Peter Davison in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crosswordbooks.uae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42137560318027,"sku":"BK0009084","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/4877\/3707\/files\/9789363123991.avif?v=1779701915"},{"product_id":"shooting-an-elephant-and-other-essays","title":"Shooting An Elephant And Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collection of essays by George Orwell consists of varied reflections on a wide range of topics, such as his autobiographical essay on his life at a boarding school in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuch, Such Were the Joys\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; his experiences as an imperial officer at a police station in Burma in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShooting an Elephant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a summation of the life and work of Charles Dickens, as well as his musings on Gandhi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe essays on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNonsense Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrevention of Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolitics and Language\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e give us a fascinating glimpse into the evolution of the English language and how politics helps shape culture and the lack thereof.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crosswordbooks.uae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42137623003211,"sku":"BK0009087","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/4877\/3707\/files\/SHOOTING.jpg?v=1779772621"},{"product_id":"the-complete-novels-of-george-orwell","title":"The Complete Novels Of George Orwell","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge Orwells best-known novels, Animal Farm, describing a revolution that goes horribly wrong, and Nineteen Eighty-Four, portraying a world where human freedom has been crushed, are two of the most famous, well-quoted and influential political satires ever written. The other novels in this volume also tell stories of people at odds with repressive institutions: the corrupt imperialism of Burmese Days, disaffection with materialistic society in Keep the Aspidistra Flying, the perils of modern suburban living in Coming Up for Air and surviving on the streets in A Clergymans Daughter.All the novels brought together here display Orwells humour, his understanding of human nature and his great compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crosswordbooks.uae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42137656262731,"sku":"BK0006312","price":200.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/4877\/3707\/files\/81DJHKBCC3L._SL1500.jpg?v=1770797365"},{"product_id":"why-i-write","title":"Why I Write","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. 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