1984 by George Orwell

1984

75th Anniversary

George Orwell

Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · April 1, 1983

Written 75 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future.

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Who it’s for
Readers interested in dystopian visions of government control
Themes
Government control, Surveillance, Rewriting history
Genres
Dystopian, Political Fiction, The Classics

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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...

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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 •

Who it’s for

  • Readers interested in dystopian visions of government control
  • Readers drawn to stories about surveillance and enforced conformity

Where it sits

The Classics96%
Dystopian93%
Political Fiction74%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • The Classics
  • Political Fiction
  • Dystopian
Authors
George Orwell
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
April 1, 1983
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Government control · Surveillance · Rewriting history
Reading lane
The Classics