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  • Published: 20 October 2020
  • ISBN: 9781787302549
  • Imprint: Harvill Secker
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $30.00

Nineteen Eighty-Four




A beautiful b-format hardback edition of the classic masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four; reissued alongside Orwell's essential works Animal Farm (75th anniversary edition) and Down and Out in Paris and London.

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

The year is 1984, and life in Oceania is ruled by the Party. Under the gaze of Big Brother, Winston Smith yearns for intimacy and love - "thought crimes" that, if uncovered, would mean imprisonment, or death. But Winston is not alone in his defiance, and an illicit affair will draw him into the mysterious Brotherhood and the realities of resistance.

Nineteen Eighty-Four has been described as chilling, absorbing, satirical, momentous, prophetic and terrifying. It is all these things, and more.

The Authoritative Text. With an introduction by Robert Harris.

*The jacket of this stunning hardback edition features period artwork by Elizabeth Friedlander, one of Europe's pre-eminent 20th-century graphic designers. Look out for complementary editions of Orwell's essential works Animal Farm and Down and Out in Paris and London.*

  • Published: 20 October 2020
  • ISBN: 9781787302549
  • Imprint: Harvill Secker
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $30.00

About the author

George Orwell

George Orwell (1903–1950) is one of England's most famous writers and social commentators. He is the author of the classic political satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is also well known for his essays and journalism, particularly his works covering his travels and his time fighting in the Spanish Civil War. His writing is celebrated for its piercing clarity, purpose and wit and his books continue to be bestsellers all over the world.

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Praise for Nineteen Eighty-Four

The book of the twentieth century...haunts us with an ever-darker relevance

Independent

His final masterpiece... Enthralling and indispensable for understanding modern history

New York Review of Books

Orwell remains the most indispensable English writer of his period

Observer

Matchlessly sharp and fresh... The clearest and most compelling English prose style this century

John Carey, Sunday Times

Many writers and journalists have tried to imitate his particular kind of clarity without possessing anything like his moral authority

Peter Ackroyd, The Times