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Nineteen eighty-four :

Orwell, George, 1903-1950.

Nineteen eighty-four : with an introduction by Thomas Pynchon and a note on the text by Peter Davison / 1984 Orwell, George. - London : Penguin, 1989. - xx, 325 p. - Modern classics .

Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfuly rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker, Julia, but soon discovers the true price for freedom is betrayal.

9780141187761


Totalitarianism - Fiction.


London (England)--Fiction.

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