1984 by George Orwell
A low-level Party member named Winston Smith struggles to maintain his sense of truth and individuality in a totalitarian state where omnipresent surveillance, propaganda, and constant historical revisionism control citizens’ thoughts and memories. Secretly rebelling by keeping a diary and entering a furtive relationship with Julia, he seeks human connection and objective reality but is betrayed and arrested by the Thought Police. Subjected to systematic psychological and physical torture and manipulation by the Inner Party, he is forced to betray Julia and ultimately relinquish his resistance, accepting the Party’s imposed reality and professing love for its leader. The story is a stark examination of power, language, memory, and the obliteration of personal freedom.
The 17107th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1949
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Medium
- Pages
- 328 pages
- Original Language
- English
- Avg User Rating
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(5.0)
- Alternate Titles
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- Nineteen Eighty Four
- Nineteen Eighty-Four
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