1984: 75th Anniversary
Written 75 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever...
This 75th Anniversary Edition includes:
• A New Introduction by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of Take My Hand, winner of the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Fiction
• A New Afterword by Sandra Newman, author of Julia: A Retelling of George Orwell’s 1984
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes. But as he starts to think for himself, Winston can’t escape the fact that Big Brother is always watching...
A startling and haunting novel, 1984 creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the novel’s hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions—a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.
• Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read •
This 75th Anniversary Edition includes:
• A New Introduction by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of Take My Hand, winner of the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Fiction
• A New Afterword by Sandra Newman, author of Julia: A Retelling of George Orwell’s 1984
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes. But as he starts to think for himself, Winston can’t escape the fact that Big Brother is always watching...
A startling and haunting novel, 1984 creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the novel’s hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions—a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.
• Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read •
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A very poignant story that reflects many current events 75 years after it's release. It's been burning in my mind to read this since high school, but now that I'm much older, I've gained better understanding of the characters because they reflect some of our experiences right now in America.
I see why it’s so popular
The concept is obviously very interesting, though I will say I preferred animal farm to 1984
The final 1/3 of the book was excellent, frankly I found it difficult to get through the beginning.
You could def tell this was written by a man- the one female character was very, VERY flat. Too many sex scenes as well (well not really scenes but if you read it you know what I’m talking about)
Ending was brilliant. Really.
The concept is obviously very interesting, though I will say I preferred animal farm to 1984
The final 1/3 of the book was excellent, frankly I found it difficult to get through the beginning.
You could def tell this was written by a man- the one female character was very, VERY flat. Too many sex scenes as well (well not really scenes but if you read it you know what I’m talking about)
Ending was brilliant. Really.
This... this isn't just relevant. Listening to politics today, listening to a certain party today, you can't convince me this book wasn't a freakin instruction manual. The fact that so many debates are brought up as black-and-white and intellectual arguments are regarded as "radical talk", and the idea of blindly worshipping and loving the idea of "Big Brother" without question...
The terms double-think, thought crime, and even thought police will live in my head rent free from now on.
If this book is difficult to physically read due to the time it was published, I encourage listening to the audiobook.
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