Nineteen Eighty-Four, 9780141393049
Paperback
Big Brother watches: rebellion, forbidden love, and the price of freedom.

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    29 January 2013

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Summary

Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece, in a stunning new cover look for his great works

“Who controls the past controls the future—who controls the present controls the past”

Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchf…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141393049
ISBN-10:0141393041
Author:George Orwell
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:29 January 2013
Weight:216g
Dimensions:180mm x 112mm x 23mm
Series:Penguin Modern Classics
About The Author

George Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.

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