by George Orwell · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140817744
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«Nineteen Eighty-Four» is the dystopian novel by George Orwell, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (329 pages, in English).
In a totalitarian society where Big Brother controls even thought, Winston Smith works at the Ministry of Truth rewriting the past to fit the Party's official line. His longing for freedom and truth leads him to challenge the system, though he knows constant surveillance makes any rebellion almost impossible.
The work was originally published in 1948; this edition belongs to the Penguin Student Edition collection.
Designed as a study edition, it is suitable for students of English literature and for those approaching Orwell's dystopia for the first time.
Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.
