Holt McDougal Library, High School with Connections: Student Text Reading in World Literature (Anthology) - Hardcover

HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0030564646 ISBN 13: 9780030564642

Publisher: HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON, 2000

Synopsis

Prose, poetry, drama and speech from: Ghana, Greece, Scandinavia, Japan, Ireland, Rome, Spain, Russia, South Africa, France, Zimbabwe, England, Nigeria, Botswana, India, Cuba, Dominican Republic, U.S.A., Haiti, Chile, Israel, Poland, Venezuela, Italy, Egypt, St. Lucia, and the Czech Republic.

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Review:

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.

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About this edition

• Publisher: HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0030564646
• ISBN 13: 9780030564642
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304