1984
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4.2 • 640 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, it centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people and behaviours within society. Orwell, a democratic socialist, modelled the authoritarian state in the novel on Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within societies and the ways in which they can be manipulated.
The story takes place in an imagined future in the year 1984, when much of the world is in perpetual war. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, has become a province of the totalitarian superstate Oceania, which is led by Big Brother, a dictatorial leader supported by an intense cult of personality manufactured by the Party's Thought Police. Through the Ministry of Truth, the Party engages in omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and constant propaganda to persecute individuality and independent thinking.
Customer Reviews
Good but slow start, needs patience
It helps you understand the impacts of harsh, oppressive totalitarianism and the author’s attention to detail is impressive.
It does,however, require some patience as there aren’t any pivotal points until much further on in the novel.
I haven’t finished it yet but I am grasped and inspired!
Poor formatting
The text is not properly formatted (e.g. new paragraphs begin mid-sentence) and all the numbers have been removed.
Horrible formatting
The story is a classic and one of if not George Orwell’s greatest work. However, the formatting is horrific, especially from apple, there are no numbers, missing words and random dashes.
I would recommend the read regardless due to it being free