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1984

(Centennial Edition)

By George Orwell, Fromm Erich (Editor), Thomas Pynchon (Editor), Eric Arthur Blair (Editor)

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| Paperback | 9780452284234

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The new novel by George Orwell is the major work towards which all his previous writing has pointed. Critics have hailed it as his "most solid, most brilliant" work. Though the story of Nineteen Eighty-Four takes place thirty-five years hence, it is in every sense timely. The scene is Continue

The new novel by George Orwell is the major work towards which all his previous writing has pointed. Critics have hailed it as his "most solid, most brilliant" work. Though the story of Nineteen Eighty-Four takes place thirty-five years hence, it is in every sense timely. The scene is London, where there hsa been no new housing since 1950 and where the city-wide slums are called Victory Mansions. Science has abandoned Man for the State. As every citizen knows only too well, war is piece.

To Winston Smith, a young man who works in the Ministry of Truth (Minitru for short), come two people who transform his life completely. One is Julia, whom he meets after she hands him a slip reading, "I love you". The other is O'Brien, who tells him, "We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness". The way in which Winston is betrayed by the one and, against his own desideres and instincs, ultimately betrays the other, makes a story of mounting drama and suspense.

Aside from its high literaly qualities, Nineteen Eighty-Four has profund implications for our times. It points the path towards which society may now be heading, and leaves the reader with the shocked feeling that there is no single horrible feature in the world of 1984 - only two generations away - which is not present, in embryo, today. In the final section of the novel George Orwell spells out, for the first time in literature, how the spirit of every man living may be broken in Room 101, and how he can be made to avow - and believe - that black si white, two plus two equals five, and evil is good.

When George Orwell's Animal Farm was published three years ago, critics compared him to Jonathan Swift. Nineteen Eighty-Four justifies their virdict. This distinguished novel will be remembered as one of the most important and moving works of fiction to be published in this generation.

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  • 1984 di George Orwell

    La trama e le recensioni di 1984, romanzo di George Orwell edito da Mondadori. Scritto nel 1949, il libro è considerato una delle più lucide rappresentazioni del totalitarismo. L'azione si svolge in un futuro prossimo del mondo (l'anno 1984) in cui i ... (read full critics)

    Qlibri published on Sun, 28 Nov 2010

  • 1984 By George Orwell

    Orwell's last and greatest novel Publisher's comments: Orwell's final novel, 1984, is the story of one man's struggle against the ubiquitous, menacing state power (“Big Brother”) that tries to dictate nearly every aspect of human life. The novel is a ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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  • 5 people find this helpful

    Due to personal reason, I re-read it in 2006. Still capture the very nature of totalitarianism and the claims come to its truest moment ever in history. Striking, stunning, we should bear this masterpiece in mind as the surveillance it has mentioned become much easier with the help of foreign techno ... (continue)

    Due to personal reason, I re-read it in 2006. Still capture the very nature of totalitarianism and the claims come to its truest moment ever in history. Striking, stunning, we should bear this masterpiece in mind as the surveillance it has mentioned become much easier with the help of foreign technology. And for the ruling power -- it's all about capitalism, you know.

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    張小張・Cons said on Dec 19, 2006 | 2 feedbacks

  • 3 people find this helpful

    1984 is not a prophecy (I do believe and hope) but a representation of what hunger for power and lies can do when brought to their extremes.
    Orwell's dystopia is fascinating because most of it is a picture - though an impossibly excessive one - of what world and politics really are.

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    Simbul said on Jan 21, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • 2 people find this helpful

    1984-G.Orwell-Il globo è diviso in tre grandi superstati,Oceania,Eurasia ed Estasia.Winston vive a Londra capitale dell'Oceania in cui vige il Socing,il socialismo inglese che tutto vede,tutto controlla attraverso l'occhio vigile del Grande Fratello.Questo totalitarismo sfrenato,portato al limite è ... (continue)

    1984-G.Orwell-Il globo è diviso in tre grandi superstati,Oceania,Eurasia ed Estasia.Winston vive a Londra capitale dell'Oceania in cui vige il Socing,il socialismo inglese che tutto vede,tutto controlla attraverso l'occhio vigile del Grande Fratello.Questo totalitarismo sfrenato,portato al limite è basato su un unico slogan:"La guerra è pace"-"La libertà è schiavitù"-"L'ignoranza è forza".Winston Smith insieme alla sua compagna Julia sono gli unici ad avere ancora un minimo di umanità e a contrapporsi alle regole ferree del socing.Ma pagheranno questo a caro prezzo.
    Libro molto particolare di non facile lettura ma che ti trascina in un vortice buio,nevrotico,claustrofobico.
    Penso che questo libro non possa mancare nella cultura di un vero lettore.
    Voto 7.5/10

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    Miccoli Riccardo said on Jun 23, 2011 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

  • Audio

    Hay libros que parece que te esperan.
    Sabes que está ahí pero lo dejas pasar, hasta que de repente, un día te pones con él y te das cuenta de que ese era el momento adecuado. Cuando vas a poder entender, si no todas, al menos muchas de sus influencias y lecturas.
    1984 ha sido ese libro para mí, una ... (continue)

    Hay libros que parece que te esperan.
    Sabes que está ahí pero lo dejas pasar, hasta que de repente, un día te pones con él y te das cuenta de que ese era el momento adecuado. Cuando vas a poder entender, si no todas, al menos muchas de sus influencias y lecturas.
    1984 ha sido ese libro para mí, una obra terrible, estremecedora, pero a la vez llena de significado. De referencia para cualquiera interesado en política, sociología, economía, psicología...

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    LadyH said on Jan 28, 2012 about the Audio CD edition | Add your feedback

  • Se c'è un libro che corrisponde alla definizione di "IL ROMANZO DEL '900", quello è 1984.

    Una lettura semplicemente imprescindibile, uno spartiacque nello stesso concetto di romanzo. Nonostante siano passati più di sessant'anni dalla sua pubblicazione.

    Un libro terribile e agghiante.
    Un libro c ... (continue)

    Se c'è un libro che corrisponde alla definizione di "IL ROMANZO DEL '900", quello è 1984.

    Una lettura semplicemente imprescindibile, uno spartiacque nello stesso concetto di romanzo. Nonostante siano passati più di sessant'anni dalla sua pubblicazione.

    Un libro terribile e agghiante.
    Un libro così potente che non ha previsto il futuro, è riuscito persino a plasmarlo.

    Detto questo, George Orwell è un sessista di merda.

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    Gardy said on Jan 25, 2012 | Add your feedback

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