num_pages: 268
description: Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal.
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: 4351735
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, awardedAt: 1672560000000
name: Audie Award
category: Audio Drama
publisher: Penguin Books