1984 (Unabridged)
George Orwell
Jan 2021 · Bookstream Audiobooks · Narrated by Peter Walters
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Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often published as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by English novelist George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modelled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated. The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984, when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and propaganda. Great Britain, known as Airstrip One, has become a province of a totalitarian superstate named Oceania that is ruled by the Party who employ the Thought Police to persecute individuality and independent thinking. Big Brother, the leader of the Party, enjoys an intense cult of personality despite the fact that he may not even exist. The protagonist, Winston Smith, is a diligent and skillful rank-and-file worker and Party member who secretly hates the Party and dreams of rebellion. He enters into a forbidden relationship with a colleague, Julia, and starts to remember what life was like before the Party came to power.
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Emily P
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January 28, 2021
It is incredible that this book was written in the 40s long before government surveillance and control were part of mainstream concern! This book is an incredible imagination of the "future" (now just as far in the past) and the themes are just as relevant now, as they were 80 years ago! Incredible!! This book makes a great audiobook too. The voice actor has a very pleasant voice and really brings the main character to life. I highly recommend this book for the interesting characters, dystopian setting and thought provoking themes.
Anil Das
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October 11, 2022
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