description: Whether he wrote DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, or whether he refrained from writing ig, made no difference. Whether he went on with the diary, or whether he did not go on with it, made no difference. The Thought Police would get him just the same...Written in 1949, this novel was set in the society of the future toward which George Orwell believed both extreme right- and left-wing totalitarianism were heading. In this terrifying society, there is no place for truth. Historical records are destroyed, and propaganda replaces information. Thought and love are punished as crimes. Privacy is both denied and impossible to attain. Placards everywhere warn: "Big Brother is watching you." It is in that setting that Orwell tells the tale of a middle-aged man and a young woman who decide to rebel.--front flap
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: G K Hall & Co