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A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick
With extraordinary relevance and renewed popularity, George Orwell's 1984 takes on new life in this hardcover edition.
"Orwell saw, to his credit, that the act of falsifying reality is only secondarily a way of changing perceptions. It is, above all, a way of asserting power."--The New Yorker
In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be.
Lionel Trilling said of Orwell's masterpiece "1984 is a profound, terrifying, and wholly fascinating book. It is a fantasy of the political future, and like any such fantasy, serves its author as a magnifying device for an examination of the present." Though the year 1984 now exists in the past, Orwell's novel remains an urgent call for the individual willing to speak truth to power.
With extraordinary relevance and renewed popularity, George Orwell's 1984 takes on new life in this hardcover edition.
"Orwell saw, to his credit, that the act of falsifying reality is only secondarily a way of changing perceptions. It is, above all, a way of asserting power."--The New Yorker
In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be.
Lionel Trilling said of Orwell's masterpiece "1984 is a profound, terrifying, and wholly fascinating book. It is a fantasy of the political future, and like any such fantasy, serves its author as a magnifying device for an examination of the present." Though the year 1984 now exists in the past, Orwell's novel remains an urgent call for the individual willing to speak truth to power.
- Format: Hardcover
- Author: Orwell, George
- ISBN: 9781328869333
- Condition: New
- Dimensions: 8.30 x 1.20
- Number Of Pages: 304
- Publication Year: 2017
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English
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1984
Margaret A N. - 4 years 3 months agoIt was an eye opener since many things are happening now that are discussed in the book. Well written and easy to follow.
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This book describes everything the Democratic party is currently doing
Rick P. - 4 years 11 months agoThis book describes everything the Democratic party is currently doing. Its so sad, they are so brainwashed that they think they are doing the right thing by censoring speech they are told is bad.
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Please, Please, Read this book people!
Jeffrey J. - 5 years 2 months agoI read this book when I was in my 20's and didn't quite get it. Now that I'm in my 50's, I get it! America's culture wars line up exactly with what's happening now. Everything from censorship, the dumbing down of words, the removal of statues, doing everything for the "collective", the abolition of family, letting the government tell you what to think and do, the removal of history - is in this book. Read it. Ahem, read this book AND the Bible and maybe you'll wake up.
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Prophetic when written. A warning for our time now.
LORI W. - 5 years 3 months agoMore important message than when I read it in high school years ago. Should still be required reading in high schools today.
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A Prophecy about a future that looks similar to what we are about to face and how to recognize its snare
Denise M. - 5 years 4 months agoA revelation of Big Brother in a dystopian world where one has to navigate survival around the imposed regulations of a new world order.