Найти книгу: "On Nineteen Eighty-Four - Books About Books - A Biography, Book 1 (Unabridged)"

Since its publication nearly seventy years ago, George Orwell's 1984 has been regarded as one of the most influential novels of the modern age. Politicians have testified to its influence on their intellectual identities, rock musicians have made records about it, TV viewers watch a reality show named for it, and a White House spokesperson tells of «alternative facts.» The world we live in is often described as an Orwellian one, awash in inescapable surveillance and invasions of privacy. On 1984 dives deep into Orwell's life to chart his earlier writings and key moments in his youth, such as his years at a boarding school that's strict and charismatic headmaster shaped the idea of Big Brother. Taylor tells the story of the writing of the book, taking listeners to the Scottish island of Jura, where Orwell, newly famous thanks to Animal Farm but coping with personal tragedy and rapidly declining health, struggled to finish 1984. Published during the cold war-a term Orwell coined-Taylor elucidates the environmental influences on the book. Then he examines 1984's post-publication life, including its role as a tool to understand our language, politics, and government.

Практикум составлен на основе оригинальных американских источников и способствует усвоению и закреплению лексики, развитию различных видов чтения и понимания оригинальной литературы по специальности, а также отработке навыков устной речи в ситуациях профессионального общения. Для студентов, аспирантов, научных сотрудников.

Mark Twain began writing his autobiography long before the 1906 publications of "Chapters from my Autobiography". He originally planned to have his memoirs published only after his death but realized, once he’d passed his 70th year, that a lot of the material might be OK to publish before his departure. While much of the material consists of stories about the people, places and incidents of his long life, there’re also several sections from his daughter.

The book bears no relationship to Twain's actual life. The two short stories present fictional characters who are supposedly part of Twain's lineage.

Полный вариант заголовка: «Much ado about nothing : Print. complete from the text of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Steevens / By Will. Shakspere». Примечание: Много шума из ничего.

В текстах пособия, взятых из оригинальных источников, подробно описывается история Великобритании, рассказывается об ученых, писателях и политических деятелях страны. Задания после каждой главы направлены на проверку понимания текста и развитие навыков обсуждения прочитанного. Для студентов факультетов иностранных языков и гуманитарных факультетов университетов, а также для учащихся спецшкол, лицеев и для лиц, изучающих английский язык самостоятельно.