Nineteen eighty-four / George Orwell ; with a preface by Daniel G. Siegel ; the facsimile of the extant manuscript edited by Peter Davison

Orwell, George 1903-1950

ISBN 10: 043635022X / ISBN 13: 9780436350221

Published by London : Secker & Warburg, 1984

About this Item

Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xix, 381p ; 36 cm. Subjects; Orwell, George 1903-1950 ; Manuscripts ; Facsimiles. Manuscripts, English Facsimiles. Fiction in English, 1900-1945 - Texts - Manuscripts - Facsimiles. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nineteen eighty-four / George Orwell ; with a preface by Daniel G. Siegel ; the facsimile of the extant manuscript edited by Peter Davison
• Publisher: London : Secker & Warburg
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 043635022X
• ISBN 13: 9780436350221
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Facsimile Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

Physical description; xix, 381p ; 36 cm. Subjects; Orwell, George 1903-1950 ; Manuscripts ; Facsimiles. Manuscripts, English Facsimiles. Fiction in English, 1900-1945 - Texts - Manuscripts - Facsimiles.

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)