Nineteen Eighty-Four - Softcover

Orwell, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2724220846 ISBN 13: 9782724220841

Publisher: Penguin, 1984

Synopsis

SCIENCE FICTION-NEWSPEAK,DOUBLETHINK,BIG BROTHER,THE THOUGHT POLICE-THE LANGUAGE OF 1984 HAS PASSED INTO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS SYMBOL OF THE HORRORS OF TOTALITARIANISM.THE STORY OF WINSTON SMITH'S FIGHT AGAINST THE ALL PERVADING PARTY HAS BECOME A CLASSIC NOT THE LEAST BECAUSE OF IT'S INTELLECTUAL COHERENCE.

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Review:

"My favourite book is 1984 . . . More relevant to today than almost any other book that you can think of" (Jo Brand)

"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)

Book Description:

George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece - one of the definitive and most influential novels of the nineteenth century. Now available as an unabridged audiobook.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 2724220846
• ISBN 13: 9782724220841
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 251