Nineteen eighty-four
Subtitle: a novel.
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
Published: 1949
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Totalitarianism -- Fiction.; London (England) -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: A satire on the horrors of totalitarianism, "Nineteen Eighty-Four" is set in a society run by Big Brother where people are made to conform to orthodoxy by the Thought Police. Winston Smith yearns for truth and liberty, but he comes to realise that he cannot outwit the forces at work.