Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability t
| Title | : | 1984 (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Signet Classics) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.88 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0881030368 |
| Format Type | : | School & Library Binding |
| Number of Pages | : | 328Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-7-15 |
| Language | : | English |
Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. . Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real
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