1984: a novelFor use in schools and libraries only. Portrays life in a future time when a totalitarian government watches over all citizens and directs all activities. 1984 is still the great modern classic of "negative utopia" in its representation of an imaginary world that is completely convincing. |
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User Review - lynnenyc - Overstock.comOne of Orwells finest works he predicted many years ago in his Scifi classic that Big Brother would be watching us all. 1984 used to be required reading in school. I highly recommend this book especially now to everyone!! Read full review
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User Review - Brittany M - GoodreadsAlrighty, I am going to be completely honest at the beginning I completely hated this book. I thought it was extremely boring and very hard to get into. I still stand by that, but even with this book ... Read full review
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| Title | 1984: a novel Signet classic |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Contributor | George Orwell |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | New American Library, 1983 |
| ISBN | 0451519841, 9780451519849 |
| Length | 268 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Fiction / Science Fiction / General Totalitarianism |
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