1984

by George Orwell

648 pages

English language

Published April 28, 1983 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

ISBN:: 978-0-547-24964-3

(3 reviews)

Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair). It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modelled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated.

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Eddy reviewed 1984 by George Orwell

Big Brother is watching you

4 stars

Während die ersten beiden Teile von Nineteen Eighty-Four noch äußerst spannend das Überleben und den Kampf gegen einen fiktiven diktatorischen Überwachungsstaat zeigen, verliert sich die Geschichte im dritten Teil ausschließlich in den brutalen Foltermethoden, die der Protagonist nach seiner Verhaftung über sich ergehen lassen muss. Wer nicht aufpasst, könnte meinen, dass es sich hier um eine Kritik am Sozialismus handelt, aber George Orwell war selbst bekennender Sozialist und kritisiert eher den Autoritarismus.

KnittedMushroom reviewed 1984, Level 4, Penguin Readers by George Orwell

What a miserable book. 10/10 stars. Must read.

5 stars

Content warning Second paragraph details my opinion on the ending.

It's amazing how much of this book still can be compared to our current situations across multiple countries. The constant surveillance part is still a scary threat we live with today.

1984 gave me the same feeling I've had reading other not-so-happy books where the climax and falling action are pulling you through the pages because you don't know how the author is going to write the character out of the situation. And then the ending finally leaves you feeling underwhelmed and defeated. It's definitely a book you need to sit and think with. I'd encourage anyone who read this in high school give it a second read as an adult with more life experience to draw experience from.

Endless reviewed 1984: New Classic Edition by George Orwell

1984: terrifying pre-digital dystopia

4 stars

Serving to lay out a well-told plan for complete cultural dominion via "thought police."

Subjects

British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
London (england), fiction
Fiction, political
Fiction, dystopian
Fiction, science fiction, general