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A masterpiece of rebellion and imprisonment, where war is peace, freedom is slavery, and Big Brother is watching...

Thought Police. Big Brother. Orwellian. These words have entered our vocabulary because of George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, 1984. The story of one man’s nightmare odyssey as he pursues a forbidden love affair through a world ruled by warring states and a power structure that controls not only information but also individual thought and memory, 1984 is a prophetic, haunting tale.

More relevant than ever before, 1984 exposes the worst crimes imaginable — the destruction of truth, freedom, and individuality.

Review:

"1984 is a fantasy about disaffected journalists, novelists, poets, professors, and schoolmasters imposing an idealistic philosophy on the countries of the West — amalgamated into the superpower Oceania — which is no more than a notion of the nature of reality forged in an Oxford or Cambridge common room." Anthony Burgess

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"The most solid, the most brilliant thing George Orwell has done." V. S. Pritchett

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View our feature on George Orwell’s 1984. Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, Orwell’s narrative is timelier than ever. 1984 presents a startling and haunting vision of the world, so powerful that it is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the power of this novel, its hold on the imaginations of multiple generations of readers, or the resiliency of its admonitions—a legacy that seems only to grow with the passage of time.

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Satire on the possible horrors of a totalitarian regime in England in 1984.
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George Orwell was the pen name of an Englishman named Eric Blair. He was born in Bengal in 1903, educated at Eton, and after service with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, returned to Europe to earn his living writing novels and essays. He was essentially a political writer who wrote of his own times, a man of intense feelings and fierce hates. He hated totalitarianism, and served in the Loyalist forces in the Spanish Civil War. He was critical of communism but considered himself a Socialist. He hated intellectuals, although he was a literary critic. He hated cant and lying and cruelty in life and in literature. He died at forty-seven of a neglected lung ailment, leaving behind a substantial body of work, a growing reputation for greatness, and the conviction that modern man was inadequate to cope with the demands of his history.
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Glenn Dietz, July 23, 2013 (view all comments by Glenn Dietz)
Reread your HS classics

Recently reread this to get some background for the NSA privacy scandals. The first book from high school that I have reread as an adult (30 years later). What a tremendous difference the decades and reading a book by choice makes! Technological advances in that time probably helped to make the reading interesting also. In some ways this was science fiction I'm sure when it was published, now it's all possible and to some small extent could be argued to be here. This story cannot be brushed aside as not applying any more because it is not 100% accurate, as some would wish. It must be read as a warning of the extent control could be possible, it's impact on humanity and the power of Orwell's imagination.
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pgf.az23, January 1, 2013 (view all comments by pgf.az23)
one of the best books i've ever read. incredibly thought-provoking, and always worth a second read.
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Waney, December 30, 2012 (view all comments by Waney)
Everything about this book is captivating. It's groundbreaking yet at the same time, purely classic. Ahead of its time, yet timeless. From Big Brother to the Thought Police, I was hooked and wanted to know more about it all. Basically, I think everyone should read 1984 at some point. It's absolutely incredible and I loved it. I don't re-read many books but this will definitely be one of them. It is a hard read, but more importantly, it is a MUST read.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780451524935
Author:
Orwell, George
Publisher:
Signet Book
Author:
Fromm, Erich
Afterword by:
Fromm, Erich
Afterword:
Fromm, Erich
Location:
New York, N.Y.
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Novels and novellas
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
British and irish fiction (fictional works by
Subject:
Science fiction, English
Subject:
Political fiction
Subject:
Totalitarianism
Subject:
Dystopias
Subject:
Dystopias in literature.
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
1961
Edition Description:
B-Mass Market
Series:
Signet Classics Paperback
Series Volume:
no. 6
Publication Date:
19500731
Binding:
MASS MARKET
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
7.60x4.23x.89 in. .49 lbs.
Age Level:
from 18
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Product details 336 pages Signet Book - English 9780451524935 Reviews:
"Review" by , "1984 is a fantasy about disaffected journalists, novelists, poets, professors, and schoolmasters imposing an idealistic philosophy on the countries of the West — amalgamated into the superpower Oceania — which is no more than a notion of the nature of reality forged in an Oxford or Cambridge common room."
"Review" by , "The most solid, the most brilliant thing George Orwell has done."
"Synopsis" by ,

View our feature on George Orwell’s 1984. Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, Orwell’s narrative is timelier than ever. 1984 presents a startling and haunting vision of the world, so powerful that it is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the power of this novel, its hold on the imaginations of multiple generations of readers, or the resiliency of its admonitions—a legacy that seems only to grow with the passage of time.
"Synopsis" by , Satire on the possible horrors of a totalitarian regime in England in 1984.
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