Nineteen Eighty-Four
$14.57
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2018
Summary
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A World Under Surveillance
‘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 watchful eye of Big Brother, symb…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241341650 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241341655 |
| Series: | The Penguin English Library |
| Author: | George Orwell |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 18mm |
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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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