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Nineteen Eighty-Four

1984
By George Orwell
Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
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Set in a grim future in 1984, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four portrays a country where Big Brother monitors every action, and the Thought Police control minds. Winston Smith, a propaganda worker tasked with altering history, quietly rebels by falling in love with Julia and joining The Brotherhood to challenge the oppressive regime.
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Presented in a beautiful collector's edition, Nineteen Eighty-Four is George Orwell’s profound dystopian novel about a surveillance state far ahead of its time, featuring an introduction by writer, journalist and Orwell scholar Dorian Lynskey.

Nineteen-Eighty Four is George Orwell's profound dystopian novel that sets forth a surveillance state far ahead of its time, featuring an introduction by writer and journalist Dorian Lynskey.

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George Orwell's famous Nineteen Eighty-Four was first published in 1949. The terrifying dystopia which he created in a time of great social and political unrest, remains acutely relevant and influential to this day.

Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by writer and journalist Dorian Lynskey.

The year is 1984. The country is impoverished and permanently at war, people are watched day and night by Big Brother, and their every action and thought is controlled by the Thought Police. Winston Smith works in the department of propaganda where his job is to rewrite the past. Spurred by his longing to escape, Winston rebels. He breaks the law by falling in love with Julia and, as part of the clandestine organisation, The Brotherhood, they attempt the unimaginable - to bring down The Party.

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Critically acclaimed as the definitive novel of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four remains strikingly relevant. Reviewers praise it as a profound political essay and a deeply affecting and shocking work of art. Its impact spans over 65 languages and millions of copies, cementing Orwell's unique place in literature.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529032666

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 January 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Dorian Lynskey

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 101.0mm

Height: 157.0mm

Weight: 216g

Pages: 384

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Classic Fiction Dystopian Fiction Fiction General Fiction George Orwell Humour Literary Fiction Most Popular Books of All Time Series: Macmillan Collector's Library Special Editions

About the Author

Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell) was born in 1903 in India where his father was a civil servant. After studying at Eton, he served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma for several years which inspired his first novel, Burmese Days. After two years in Paris, he returned to England to work as a teacher and then in a bookshop. In 1936 he travelled to Spain to fight for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, where he was badly wounded. During the Second World War he worked for the BBC. A prolific journalist and essayist, Orwell wrote some of the most influential books in English literature, including the dystopian Nineteen Eighty-Four and his political allegory Animal Farm. He died from tuberculosis in 1950.

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