Literature

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell · 2000

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4,245·Classic

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Why it endured

George Orwell's definitive dystopian novel — a vision of totalitarianism so precise and prophetic that it gave us the language we still use: Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime, Room 101. Required reading for understanding political power.

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