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Nineteen Eighty-Four

by George Orwell

First Published

2009

Subjects

futurology
censorship
surveillance
rebels
sting operations
historical negationism
memory holes
thoughtcrime
Outer Party
resistance movements
Newspeak
perpetual war
telescreens
cult of personality
Ingsoc
Satirical literature
English science fiction
FICTION CLASSICS
CLASSICS
CONTEMPORARY FICTION
Man-woman relationships
Politique
Political fiction
Totalitarisme
Fiction
Romans
Facsimiles
Totalitarismo
Husbands
Classic Literature
Manuscripts
Novela política
Middle aged men
Insurance agents
open_syllabus_project
Distopías
Dystopias
Ficción
Ciencia-ficción
Cautionary tales and verse
Dystopias in literature
Suburban life
English fiction
Totalitarianism
Indic fiction (English)
Science Fiction
Traducciones al español
Novela
Novela inglesa
Zukunft
Polizeistaat
English Political fiction
Totalitarianism and literature
History and criticism
Reading Level-Grade 11
Reading Level-Grade 12
British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
London (england), fiction
Fiction, political
Fiction, dystopian
Fiction, science fiction, general
English literature
Correspondence
Journalists
English Authors
Correspondence..
Authors and publishers
Fiction, short stories (single author)
British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)
Brainwashing
Authoritarianism
NOVELAS INGLESAS
Fiction, historical, general
Political science
Satire
Romans, nouvelles
Literature
Fiction, general
Psychological fiction
Drama
Dystopian plays
Essays
Literary
Nationalism
Lexicography
Language & literary studies
English manuscripts
Translations into russian
Translations into urdu
Fantasy
Translations into spanish
Nineteen eighty-four (orwell, george)
Translating and interpreting
Comic books, strips
Adaptations
Totalitarianism--fiction
Pr6029.r8 n49 2003

Description

Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair). It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modelled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated. ---------- Also contained in: [Novels (Animal Farm / Burmese Days / Clergyman's Daughter / Coming Up for Air / Keep the Aspidistra Flying / Nineteen Eighty-Four)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1168045W) [Novels (Animal Farm / Nineteen Eighty-Four)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1167981W) [Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: Text, Sources, Criticism](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1168095W)

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