Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript - Hardcover
A facsimile of the original manuscript is accompanied by a typescript and a brief history of the novel's creation
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"His final masterpiece . . . enthralling and indispensable for understanding modern history" (New York Review of Books)
"The book of the twentieth century . . . haunts us with an ever-darker relevance" (Independent)
"Orwell remains the most indispensable English writer of his period" (Observer)
"One of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century" (Robert McCrum Observer)
"Many writers and journalists have tried to imitate his particular kind of clarity without possessing anything like his moral authority" (Peter Ackroyd The Times)
"Matchlessly sharp and fresh . . . The clearest and most compelling English prose style this century" (John Carey Sunday Times)
"Orwell's innocent eye was often devastatingly perceptive . . . a man who looked at his world with wonder and wrote down exactly what he saw, in admirable prose" (Evening Standard)
"The great moral force of his age . . . It is impossible not to be elated by his literary and political writing . . . the most lovable of writers, someone whose books can make the reader long for his company" (Spectator)
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- PublisherHarcourt
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0151660344
- ISBN 13 9780151660346
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- EditorDavison Peter
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Nineteen Eighty-Four; The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st. Edited by Peter Davison with a preface by Daniel G. Siegel. Bound in publisher's original maraoon cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Verso pages show transcript and edits, recto pages show facsimile of original manuscript and edits. 9 3/4 x 13 3/8 inches. 381 pages. Seller Inventory # 9029684
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