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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.
| ISBN | 014118776X | | Weight (grammes) | 293 | | ISBN13 | 9780141187761
(What's this?) | | Reprint date | 30-Nov-2006 12:00:00 am | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Classics | | Series editor | Phillips, Adam, Phillips, Adam, Phillips, Adam | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Penguin Modern Classics | | Publication date | 29 Jan 2004 | | Previous ISBN | 9780451524935 | | Non-book description | Re-numbered item (originally 0141182474) | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Writer of introduction | Thomas Pynchon | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 823.912 | | Spine width (mm) | 23 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 400 | |
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Blackwell review: Any book (especially one written in 1948) that is powerful enough to cause you to change the way that you vote in a General Election is a special book. I had read 1984 many times before but it gave me genuine pause for thought, and, yes, it did change my vote. Customer reviews: No other novel has had the universal impact than George Orwell's biting critique on totalitarianism. - Chris BarrettGeorge Orwell's 'Nineteen eighty-four', written just after the last great war, is his vision of some future totalitarian nightmare in which the state controls every aspect of its citizen's lives by subverting language and manipulating information. To this day it remains remarkably insightful and utterly compelling. A genuine warning from history - everybody should read it at least once. - Simon MallettWhen I first read this book I was quite young, only about twelve or thirteen and I just felt so absorbed into the world Orwell created. Re-reading the book as an adult the satire was far more evident but still the emotions, the sense of injustice and helplessness were just as real. This book really does work on so many levels; in our technological world of ID cards, genetic fingerprinting and CCTV it is more relevant than ever. - Peter Newbold Read all reviews (4) Write a review
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