Ravaged by years of war and civil conflict, Britain has changed its
name to Airstrip One and become part of Oceania - one of the three
totalitarian blocks dominating the world - ruled by a mysterious
leader called Big Brother who keeps the population in thrall
through strict surveillance and brutal police repression. In a
society where the individual is suppressed and turned into an
"unperson" for not conforming, and where not only personal thought,
but also historical record and language itself are constantly being
manipulated by the ruling regime, Ministry of Truth worker Winston
Smith tries to make sense of the rebellious thoughts and passions
that are stirring inside him, and finds himself impotent against
the inexorable machine that surrounds him and threatens to crush
him at any time. Arguably the greatest dystopian novel of all time
and the most influential post-war work of fiction - which enriched
the English language with words such as "Newspeak", "doublethink"
and "thoughtcrime" - Nineteen Eighty-Four is a riveting read and a
groundbreaking exploration of mass surveillance, censorship and
mind control, which has a deep resonance with the world we live in.
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