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Nineteen Eighty-Four: a novel (The Penguin English Library)

Nineteen Eighty-Four: a novel (The Penguin English Library)

by George Orwell (Author), George Orwell (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

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Synopsis

'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.' Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal. The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 07 Jun 2018
ISBN 10: 0241341655
ISBN 13: 9780241341650
Book Overview: Twenty new titles in the much-loved and hugely successful Penguin English Library series.

Author Bio
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.