Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript
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Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.
The New York Times Book Review, Mark Schorer
Yet before one has finished reading the nearly bemused first page, it is evident that this is fiction of another order, and presently one makes the distinctly unpleasant discovery that it is not to be satire at all.
Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript,George Orwell,Peter Davison,Harcourt,0151660344,1903-1950,20th Century English Novel And Short Story,Classics,Facsimiles,Fiction,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Literature: Classics,Manuscripts,Manuscripts, English,Orwell, George,,Science Fiction - General,Totalitarianism,Orwell, George
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