First published in 1949, 1984 is George Orwell”s terrifying vision of a totalitarian future in which everything and everyone is slave to a tyrannical regime.
”Right up there among my favourite books . . . I read it again and again” Margaret Atwood
”More relevant to today than almost any other book that you can think of” Jo Brand
COMPLETE THE TRIO WITH SHEPARD FAIREY”S NEW-LOOK ANIMAL FARM AND DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON.
About Author:
Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.
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