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Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
George Orwell
A Dystopian Classic on the Dangers of Totalitarianism
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Nineteen Eighty-Four, also published as 1984, is a dystopian novel from 1949 that deals with the perils of totalitarianism. It’s set in an imagined future in a superstate called Oceania, which is ruled by an authoritarian government that maintains power through constant surveillance and other insidious means.
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George Orwell (1903–1950) – whose original name was Eric Arthur Blair – was an English novelist and journalist. He’s best known for Nineteen Eighty-Four and his novella Animal Farm.
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