Abstract: The action takes place in a near future world (year 1984) in which power is concentrated in three immense superstates: Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. At the apex of political power in Oceania is Big Brother, omniscient and infallible, whom no one has seen in person but of whom large posters are visible everywhere. The Ministry of Truth, in which the protagonist Smith works, has the task of censoring books and newspapers that are not in line with official policy, of altering history and reducing the expressive possibilities of language. Despite being monitored by cameras, Smith begins to lead a 'subversive' existence. Written in 1949, the book is considered one of the most lucid depictions of totalitarianism.
Titolo e contributi: Nineteen eighty-four / George Orwell ; note by Michael Sherborne
Pubblicazione: Edinburgh : Pearson education limited, 2001
Descrizione fisica: 104 p. ; 21 cm
ISBN: 0-582-43139-5
Data:2001
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: Regno Unito
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