Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair). It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modelled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated.
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Bibliographic source: Open Library- Who wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four?
Nineteen Eighty-Four is by George Orwell. The catalogue records its first publication in 1949. A later edition may have a different publication date on its copyright page.
- How long is Nineteen Eighty-Four?
The catalogue records 318 pages for a representative edition. Pagination varies with the publisher, format, type size and translation, so check the edition you intend to read.
