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An edition of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)

Nineteen eighty-four

a novel

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  • 684 Have read

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.


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Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: Text, Sources, Criticism

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Harcourt, Brace & World
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English
Pages
314

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England, London, Londres (Inglaterra), Airstrip One, Oceania, Eastasia, Ministry of Truth, Ministry of Love, Ministry of Plenty, Ministry of Peace, Room 101, Eurasia, Records Department, Great Britain, London (England), United States

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20th century, 1984

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Published in
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Classifications

Library of Congress
PR6029 R8 N5 1949A

The Physical Object

Pagination
[4], 314 p.
Number of pages
314

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL16181379M
Internet Archive
nineteeneightyfo0000unse_w2i7

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1168083W

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