Penguin Classics Nineteen Eighty Four

by GEORGE ORWELL

2020-11-24 07:26:00

One of the BBC''s ''100 Novels That Shaped Our World''''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... Read more
One of the BBC''s ''100 Novels That Shaped Our World''

''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.

George Orwell''s dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century. Less

Book Details

File size7.1 X 4.4 X 0.9 in
Print pages368
PublisherPenguin Uk
Publication date January 15, 2013
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780141393049
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 Jan1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social ...

Compare Prices

Store Availability Book Format Condition Price
Indigo Books & Music In Stock Buy CAD 12.99
Indigo Books & MusicIn Stock
Format
Condition
Buy CAD 12.99
Available Discount
No Discount available

Join us and get access to all
your favourite books

Sign up for free and start exploring thousands of eBooks today.

Sign up for free