Nineteen eighty-four
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi Penguin Books India 1949Description: xxv,355pISBN: 0141187352Subject(s): English Literature | English Fiction | Totalitarianism | England--London | English fiction | Science fiction | Dystopias | Political fiction | Dystopias in literature | Science fiction, EnglishDDC classification: 823.912 Summary: 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.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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BK | Stack | Stack | 823.912 ORW/N (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 15184 |
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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.
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