Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair). It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modelled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia. More broadly, the novel examines …

eBook, 172 pages

English, Newspeak language

Published Jan. 5, 2021 by AmazonClassics.

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ISBN:
978-1-5420-2579-9
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Subjects
  • nationalism
  • futurology
  • censorship
  • surveillance
  • lexicography
  • rebels
  • sting operations
  • historical negationism
  • memory holes
  • thoughtcrime
  • Outer Party
  • resistance movements
  • Newspeak
  • perpetual war
  • telescreens
  • cult of personality
  • Ingsoc
  • Satirical literature
  • English science fiction
  • LANGUAGE & LITERARY STUDIES
  • FICTION CLASSICS
  • CLASSICS
  • CONTEMPORARY FICTION
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Politique
  • Political fiction
  • Totalitarisme
  • Fiction
  • Romans
  • Facsimiles
  • Totalitarismo
  • Husbands
  • English Manuscripts
  • Classic Literature
  • Manuscripts
  • Novela política
  • Middle aged men
  • Insurance agents
  • open_syllabus_project
  • Distopías
  • Dystopias
  • Ficción
  • Translations into Russian
  • Ciencia-ficción
  • Cautionary tales and verse
  • Dystopias in literature
  • Translations into Urdu
  • Suburban life
  • English fiction
  • Totalitarianism
  • Indic fiction (English)
  • Science Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Translations into Spanish
  • Traducciones al español
  • Novela
  • Novela inglesa
  • Zukunft
  • Polizeistaat
  • English Political fiction
  • Totalitarianism and literature
  • History and criticism
  • Nineteen eighty-four (Orwell, George)
  • Reading Level-Grade 11
  • Reading Level-Grade 12
  • British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • London (england), fiction
  • Fiction, political
  • Fiction, dystopian
  • Fiction, science fiction, general
  • English literature
  • Correspondence
  • Journalists
  • Translating and interpreting
  • English Authors
  • Correspondence..
  • Authors and publishers
  • Fiction, short stories (single author)
  • British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)
  • Brainwashing
  • Authoritarianism
  • Comic books, strips
  • Adaptations

Reviews

Une vision prophétique et pessimiste du monde.

Il y a 75 ans paraissait ce roman visionnaire.

Malheureusement… Car à sa lecture, on se rend bien compte du caractère prophétique de ce qu’il annonce et que l’on retrouve se mettre en place progressivement dans le monde réel d’aujourd’hui.

Surveillance de masse, bien sûr. Mais aussi censure de la pensée, contrôle et appauvrissement de la langue, peur de la délation encouragée, mensonges d’État, falsification et réécriture de l’Histoire, nécessité d’occuper les populations en créant des guerres et un ennemi imaginaire commun… Une machine totalitaire parfaite.

Certes, il existe quelques différences avec notre monde et certains détails, qu’ils soient technologiques ou sur des points particuliers. Mais l’acuité de cette vision et la vitesse avec laquelle on s’y enfonce, sans finalement broncher ou même s'en rendre compte, sont effrayantes.

Un roman pessimiste, à relire absolument, en se rappelant de son âge et en se demandant pourquoi le …

Horrifyingly Excellent

Absolutely excellent book, a must read for everyone in my opinion. It does get a little dry at certain parts, but picks right back up. It is entirely worth pushing through.

The book expresses an insanely scary, yet completely plausible future of the world, or more likely certain places. Some places around the world share many similar core values with the world of 1984, which furthermore helps strengthen the fearful possibility. 1984 is a great fusion of non-fiction, history, futurism, and fiction in a dystopian world ruled by people who quite literally want nothing more than power, pure, unadulterated power. They will do anything to get it, and do anything to keep it. This is all done in a fictional world, but sometimes it really feels like you're reading non-fiction, due to how completely possible the world created is. Many values shown in the book, you hear and see …

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