Ready Reference Treatise: We

“We” by the Russian novelist Yevgeny Zamyatin was first published in 1924 in New York. The English translation was done by Gregory Zilboorg.

The author had completed writing the novel in the year 1921, but it took him three more years to have it published.

It is a dystopian novel set in the future. D-503, the central character, happens to be a spacecraft engineer. He lives in the One State. This urban nation is completely made of glass. The secret police and spies are able to peek into the private lives of the people and supervise them.

Ready Reference Treatise: We
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Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Plot Overview
Chapter Three: Major Characters
Chapter Four: Complete Summary
Chapter Five: Critical Analysis