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Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
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Description for Nineteen Eighty-Four
CD-Audio. George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece - one of the definitive and most influential novels of the nineteenth century. Now available as an unabridged audiobook. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 246.
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU . . . 1984 is the year in which it happens. The world is divided into three superstates. In Oceania, the Party's power is absolute. Every action, word, gesture and thought is monitored under the watchful eye of Big Brother and the Thought Police. In the Ministry of Truth, the Party's department for propaganda, Winston Smith's job is to edit the past. Over time, the impulse to escape the machine and live independently takes hold of him and he embarks on a secret and forbidden love affair. As he writes the words 'DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER', his personal rebellion begins . . .
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782115397
SKU
V9781782115397
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About George Orwell
George Orwell (1903-1950), real name Eric Arthur Blair, was one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century. A journalist, social commentator, prolific essayist and novelist, known for his satirical wit and socio-political focus, he is most famous for his political allegory Animal Farm and his dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. His writing is read and studied around the world, and has inspired plays, films and generations of readers. He died in London in 1950.
Reviews for Nineteen Eighty-Four
My favourite book is 1984 . . . More relevant to today than almost any other book that you can think of
Jo Brand His final masterpiece . . . enthralling and indispensable for understanding modern history
New York Review of Books
The book of the twentieth century . . . haunts us with an ever-darker relevance
Independent
Orwell remains the most indispensable English writer of his period
Observer
One of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century
Robert McCrum
Observer
Many writers and journalists have tried to imitate his particular kind of clarity without possessing anything like his moral authority
Peter Ackroyd
The Times
Matchlessly sharp and fresh . . . The clearest and most compelling English prose style this century
John Carey
Sunday Times
Orwell's innocent eye was often devastatingly perceptive . . . a man who looked at his world with wonder and wrote down exactly what he saw, in admirable prose
Evening Standard
The great moral force of his age . . . It is impossible not to be elated by his literary and political writing . . . the most lovable of writers, someone whose books can make the reader long for his company
Spectator
Jo Brand His final masterpiece . . . enthralling and indispensable for understanding modern history
New York Review of Books
The book of the twentieth century . . . haunts us with an ever-darker relevance
Independent
Orwell remains the most indispensable English writer of his period
Observer
One of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century
Robert McCrum
Observer
Many writers and journalists have tried to imitate his particular kind of clarity without possessing anything like his moral authority
Peter Ackroyd
The Times
Matchlessly sharp and fresh . . . The clearest and most compelling English prose style this century
John Carey
Sunday Times
Orwell's innocent eye was often devastatingly perceptive . . . a man who looked at his world with wonder and wrote down exactly what he saw, in admirable prose
Evening Standard
The great moral force of his age . . . It is impossible not to be elated by his literary and political writing . . . the most lovable of writers, someone whose books can make the reader long for his company
Spectator