num_pages: 326
description: Winston Smith is a low-rung member of the Party, the ruling government of Oceania. He works in the Ministry of Truth, the Party's propoganda arm, where he is in charge of revising history. He is but a small brick in the pyramid that is the Party, at the head of which stands Big Brother. Big Brother the infallible. Big Brother the all-powerful. In a totalitarian society, where individuality is suppressed and freedom of thought has its antithesis in the Thought Police, Winston finds respite in the company of Julia. Originality of thought awakens, love blossoms and hope is rekindled. But what they don't know is that Big Brother is always watching...
language: English
title: Nineteen Eighty-Four
titlecomplete: Nineteen Eighty-Four
characters: Winston Smith, Tom Parsons, Mr. Charrington, O'Brien, Big Brother, Julia, Syme, Emmanuel Goldstein
genres: Classics, Fantasy, Adult, Dystopia, Novels, School, Literature, Fiction, Science Fiction, Politics
ratings_count: 4352114
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, awardedAt: 1672560000000
name: Audie Award
category: Audio Drama
publisher: Penguin