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(0)George Orwell
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English
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Having got rid of their human masters, the animals of Manor Farm look forward to a life of freedom and plenty. Orwell's allegoric story of the betrayal of idealism through tyranny and corruption is as fresh today as when it was first published in 1945. This ed. originally published: 1989
Author
Publisher
Polygon
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, is ruled by the Party, led by Big Brother. Mass surveillance is everything and The Thought Police are employed to ensure that no individual thinking is allowed. Winston Smith works at The Ministry of Truth, carefully rewriting history, but he dreams of freedom and of rebellion. It is here that he meets and falls in love with Julia. They start a secret, forbidden affair - but nothing can be kept secret, and...
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Classic / British English Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people's lives every second of the day. Alone in his small, one-room apartment, Winston dreams of a better life. Is freedom from this life of suffering possible? There must be something that the Party cannot control -- something like love, perhaps?
19) 1984
Author
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Staff Picks:
Can you imagine living in a world where your every movement and word is monitored, governments change what ‘truth’ is on a regular basis? Okay, I’m being mildly sarcastic, but this is such a cracking read, a scary vision of now, written over 70 years ago. A classic from GCSE English that is well re-readable.
Picked by Clare