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: O'Brien, Big Brother, Mr. Charrington, Winston Smith, Syme, Emmanuel Goldstein, Tom Parsons, Julia
genres: Politics, Fantasy, Adult, Literature, Novels, School, Classics, Fiction, Dystopia, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 4355522
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, awardedAt: 1672560000000
name: Audie Award
category: Audio Drama
publisher: Metacom