1984

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George Orwell: 1984 (2021, Independently Published)

English language

Published May 3, 2021 by Independently Published.

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979-8-4994-8691-7
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Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair). 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.

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Novels (Animal Farm / Burmese Days / Clergyman's Daughter / Coming Up for Air / Keep the Aspidistra Flying / Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Novels (Animal Farm / Nineteen Eighty-Four)

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Classique de la dystopie, c'est un livre qui traverse les décennies tout en restant toujours d'actualité. Il montre à quel point la manipulation des masses est aisée. Il est perturbant, car lourd de réflexions (comme l'abrutissement de la population, l'expurgation d'une langue, etc). Il donne matière à un questionnement permanent de qui, où et dans quoi on est...

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