num_pages: 298
description: Among the seminal texts of the 20th century Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949 the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmarish vision of a totalitarian bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern lifethe ubiquity of television the distortion of the languageand his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.
language: English
title: 1984
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt