Nineteen Eighty-Four

Book : Essential Gothic, SF & Dark Fantasy

by George Orwell

Genres: Classics; Literary Fiction; Dystopian

Synopsis

Big Brother is watching you...1984 is the year in which it happens.The world is divided into three great powers: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia, each perpetually at war with the other. Throughout Oceania 'The Party' rules by the agency of four ministries whose power is absolute and where every action, word, gesture and thought is monitored. In The Ministry of Truth, which deals in propaganda, Winston Smith's job is to edit the past. Over time, the impulse to escape the machine and live independently takes a hold of him. In writing the words 'DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER' his personal rebellion begins...

Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing

Print pages: 448