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In Oceania, one of three totalitarian states that rule the world, Big Brother is watching. The Thought Police are listening. Reality is defined by the Party. And in London, at the Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith’s job is to rewrite history. His dream, however, is to rebel. Winston is beginning to think for himself. In defiance of the State, he falls into a criminal love affair with his coworker Julia. But it isn’t until he joins the Brotherhood, an underground network of revolutionaries, that Winston discovers how high the cost of freedom may be.

Cautionary, prophetic, and inescapably contemporary, George Orwell’s prescient dystopian novel speaks truth to power in resisting government overreach, totalitarianism, and oppressive mass control.

Revised edition: Previously published as 1984, this edition of 1984 (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

Public Domain (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Dystopian Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Science Fiction Fiction
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Dystopian classic. A must read (and listen).
Good commentary and still relevant today as it was when it was written.

Brilliant

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So hard to keep focus for the first quarter I actually just gave up until I realised it came with an audiobook option, that got me to the end and while it was interesting it was just a bit boring and the end is just hopeless and displays itself purely as just cautionary rather than a good story. I see why they make some people read it in school and I see why very few people I’ve met in real life actually enjoy the book rather than just see it as important reading

Just a cautionary tale

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Enjoyed this more than I thought I would considering it is a step away from my usual taste. I typically prefer more upbeat/positive reads but despite that I really found this thought provoking. Can't get over that this was written so long ago and so many themes remain topical

Worth a read!

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I know books are super personal, and my opinion should therefore be irrelevant, as you (the reader) will have a completely individual experience to mine....however this was so bad. I couldn’t finish. Overload of information, minimal character development, there are pages and pages of another book within this book which is annoying - just sell a pdf copy of the other book with the audible?
Anyway, I found it stressful and hard to follow and pretty damn crap. #sorrynotsorry

Joyless af. Couldn’t finish.

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