1984 (75th Anniv Edition)

by Orwell, George; Perkins-Valdez, Dolen; Pynchon, Thomas; Newman, Sandra

• ISBN13: 9780452284234
• ISBN10: 0452284236
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780141187761
• Edition: Anniv.
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-06
• Publisher: BERKLEY PUBLISHING GROUP
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Summary

A masterpiece of rebellion and imprisonment, where war is peace, freedom is slavery, and Big Brother is watching... View our feature on George Orwell's 1984. Thought Police. Big Brother. Orwellian. These words have entered our vocabulary because of George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, 1984. The story of one man's nightmare odyssey as he pursues a forbidden love affair through a world ruled by warring states and a power structure that controls not only information but also individual thought and memory, 1984 is a prophetic, haunting tale. More relevant than ever before, 1984 exposes the worst crimes imaginable-the destruction of truth, freedom, and individuality.

Author Biography

George Orwell (pseudonym for Eric Blair [1903-50]) was born in Bengal and educated at Eton; after service with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, he returned to Europe to earn his living penning novels and essays. He was essentially a political writer who focused his attention on his own times, a man of intense feelings and intense hates. An opponent of totalitarianism, he served in the Loyalist forces in the Spanish Civil War. Besides his classic Animal Farm, his works include a novel based on his experiences as a colonial policeman, Burmese Days, two firsthand studies of poverty, Down and Out in Paris and London and The Road to Wigan Pier, an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, Homage to Catalonia; and the extraordinary novel of political prophecy whose title became part of our language, 1984.