![]() 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. Journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures ![]() India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in Secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. ![]() In, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through theĪll-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Nineteen Eighty-Four is probably the most famous novel about totalitarianism, and about the dangers of allowing a one-party state where democracy, freedom of movement, freedom of speech, and even freedom of thought are all outlawed. 'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past'Īway in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century, making famous Big Brother, newspeak and Room 101. ![]()
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