Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four
Subtitle: text, sources, criticism
By: edited by Irving Howe.
Contributors: Howe, Irving.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Harbrace sourcebooks
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 450
Copyright date: 1982
Subjects: Orwell, George, 1903-1950.; Totalitarianism -- Fiction.; London (England) -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Nineteen eighty-four.; 1984.
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 nightmare 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 life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and 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. --Amazon.com.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Nineteen eighty-four. c1963.