Penguin Student Edition Nineteen Eighty Four (Penguin Student Editions)

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 


329 pages

English language

Published March 7, 2000 by Penguin Books.

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Une vision prophétique et pessimiste du monde.

Il y a 75 ans paraissait ce roman visionnaire.

Malheureusement
 Car Ă  sa lecture, on se rend bien compte du caractĂšre prophĂ©tique de ce qu’il annonce et que l’on retrouve se mettre en place progressivement dans le monde rĂ©el d’aujourd’hui.

Surveillance de masse, bien sĂ»r. Mais aussi censure de la pensĂ©e, contrĂŽle et appauvrissement de la langue, peur de la dĂ©lation encouragĂ©e, mensonges d’État, falsification et réécriture de l’Histoire, nĂ©cessitĂ© d’occuper les populations en crĂ©ant des guerres et un ennemi imaginaire commun
 Une machine totalitaire parfaite.

Certes, il existe quelques diffĂ©rences avec notre monde et certains dĂ©tails, qu’ils soient technologiques ou sur des points particuliers. Mais l’acuitĂ© de cette vision et la vitesse avec laquelle on s’y enfonce, sans finalement broncher ou mĂȘme s'en rendre compte, sont effrayantes.

Un roman pessimiste, à relire absolument, en se rappelant de son ñge 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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