Orwell, George
Nineteen eighty-four - New Delhi Penguin Books India 1949 - xxv,355p.
Introduction by Thomas Pynchon
Nineteen Eighty-four, also published as 1984, novel by English author George Orwell published in 1949 as a warning against totalitarianism. The chilling dystopia made a deep impression on readers, and his ideas entered mainstream culture in a way achieved by very few books. The book’s title and many of its concepts, such as Big Brother and the Thought Police, are instantly recognized and understood, often as bywords for modern social and political abuses.
0141187352
English Literature
English Fiction
Totalitarianism
England--London
English fiction
Science fiction
Dystopias
Political fiction
Dystopias in literature
Science fiction, English
823.912 / ORW/N
Nineteen eighty-four - New Delhi Penguin Books India 1949 - xxv,355p.
Introduction by Thomas Pynchon
Nineteen Eighty-four, also published as 1984, novel by English author George Orwell published in 1949 as a warning against totalitarianism. The chilling dystopia made a deep impression on readers, and his ideas entered mainstream culture in a way achieved by very few books. The book’s title and many of its concepts, such as Big Brother and the Thought Police, are instantly recognized and understood, often as bywords for modern social and political abuses.
0141187352
English Literature
English Fiction
Totalitarianism
England--London
English fiction
Science fiction
Dystopias
Political fiction
Dystopias in literature
Science fiction, English
823.912 / ORW/N