description: Newspeak, Doublethink, Big Brother, the Thought Police - the language of 1984 has passed into the English language as a symbol of the horrors of totalitarianism. George Orwell's story of Winston Smith's fight against the all-pervading Party has become a classic, not the least because of its intellectual coherence. First published in 1949, it retains as much relevance today as it had then.
language: English
title: 1984
titlecomplete: 1984
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: 4353467
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, awardedAt: 1672560000000
name: Audie Award
category: Audio Drama
publisher: Signet Classics