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Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
  • Published: 2 January 2013
  • ISBN: 9780718193645
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 416
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Nineteen Eighty-Four

The Annotated Edition

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George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian future, now annotated and with an introduction by D. J. Taylor

Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent - even in the mind. For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101...

With an introduction and notes by D. J. Taylor.
  • Published: 2 January 2013
  • ISBN: 9780718193645
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 416
Categories:

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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