Nineteen Eighty-Four topic
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- 1984
Nineteen Eighty-Four (also titled 1984), by George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair), is a 1949 English novel about life under a futuristic totalitarian regime in the year 1984. It tells the story of Winston Smith, a functionary at the Ministry of Truth, whose work consists of editing historical accounts to fit the government's policies.
The book has major significance for its vision of an all-knowing government which uses pervasive and constant surveillance of the populace, insidious...
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