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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.
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The year 1984 is viewed from 1948. The world of the future is divided into three massive countries that are in endless war with each other: Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. Each country has a totalitariangovernment, meaning that the government tries to control everything that its people do. Great Britain is now named "Airstrip One" and is part of Oce...
Orwell got the idea for the book from the London newspapers. They printed how much the country's supplies increased during World War II, while they were actually very low on supplies. He started writing a political satire of the possible condition of Britain in 50 years. He wrote it in 1948, mostly during a visit to Jura, Scotland. He sent the work...
The main character, Winston Smith, lives in the town of London, United Kingdom (although in the novel, the United Kingdom is called "Airstrip One"). Airstrip One is only a small part of the mega-state (big country) of Oceania. Oceania is a very large country. The Americas, southern Africa, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand all came tog...
The book was an attack on totalitarianism (when a government tries to control people's lives) and dictatorship(rule by one person). George Orwell was a conservative democratic socialistwho was against any form of dictatorship. He once wrote: Later he repeated that idea, writing about 1984
Book magazineranked the character of Big Brother as #59 on its "100 Best Characters in Fiction Since 1900" list. Nineteen Eighty-Four's movie adaptation received a 74% (from critics) on Rotten Tomatoes, and on Metacriticreceived a 67.
Le Monde's 100 Books of the CenturyAubrey, Crispin & Chilton, Paul (Eds). (1983). Nineteen Eighty-Four in 1984: Autonomy, Control & Communication. London: Comedia. ISBN 0-906890-42-X.Hillegas, Mark R. (1967). The Future As Nightmare: H.G. Wells and the Anti-Utopians. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 0-8093-0676-XOrwell, George (1949). Nineteen Eighty-Four. A novel. London: Secker & Warburg. Archived 2012-05-04 at the Wayback MachineOrwell, George (1949). Nineteen Eighty-Four. A novel. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. Archived 2012-05-04 at the Wayback Machine- United Kingdom
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1984 Full Book Summary. Previous Next. Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in London, in the nation of Oceania. Everywhere Winston goes, even his own home, the Party watches him through telescreens; everywhere he looks he sees the face of the Party’s seemingly omniscient leader, a figure known only as Big Brother. The ...
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