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Author: George Orwell
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Nineteen Eighty-Four Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780452284234
ISBN: 0452284236
Label: Plume
Manufacturer: Plume
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2003-05-06
Publisher: Plume
Product Release Date: 2003-05-06
Studio: Plume
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780452284234
ISBN: 0452284236
Label: Plume
Manufacturer: Plume
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2003-05-06
Publisher: Plume
Product Release Date: 2003-05-06
Studio: Plume
Editorial Review of Nineteen Eighty-Four
Thought Police. Big Brother. Orwellian. These words have entered our vocabulary because of George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, 1984. The story of one man's nightmare odyssey as he pursues a forbidden love affair through a world ruled by warring states and a power structure that controls not only information but also individual thought and memory, 1984 is a prophetic, haunting tale.
More relevant than ever before, 1984 exposes the worst crimes imaginable-the destruction of truth, freedom, and individuality.
With a new forward by Thomas Pynchon.
More relevant than ever before, 1984 exposes the worst crimes imaginable-the destruction of truth, freedom, and individuality.
With a new forward by Thomas Pynchon.
Customer Reviews of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Review Summary: prompt delivery
Review: This is the first time I have ordered a book online and was a little hesitant due to time restraints. My daughter needed George Orwell's 1984 for school and being unable to find it in a local bookstore, we tried ordering it off the internet. Supposedly delivery was delayed and we began to wonder if it would get here within 10 days for her deadline. The book arrived in 3 days in new condition and saved the day!
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Review Summary: Important for its portrayal of the mechanisms and motivations of totalitarian power
Review: Discomfiting, penetrating, imaginative, and very grey, this book deserves its fame not for elegance of prose (it is only adequately written) nor for an interesting plot (not much happens, at least as novels usually go), but for its indelible, devastating portrait of human degradation and its far-fetched-yet-just-around-the-corner description of the hows and whys of totalitarian power. If not quite a must-read, at least a dramatic, illuminating one.
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Review Summary: Too bad it's not a hardcover
Review: It really doesn't make much sense to review a classic. I wish we continue to maintain a critical mass of people who read this book at least once. The words "orwellian" and "doublespeak" should never leave our lexicon. We already have department of "defence", if our kids don't discover or forget this book, the ministry of love will follow.
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Review Summary: A work of genius that provides warning
Review: 1984 is one of the best novels ever written in English. The dismal world of the "future" presented here is beyond belief but also seems within reach. Although it may seem to be a warning against communism (some of the elements are found in A Darkness at Noon - a true critique of the pogroms of Stalin), it is in fact a warning against excess that can occur in any government system.
The foreward by T. Pynchon provides some insights, especially about the last chapter on newspeak, but be warned that it does provide spoilers.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Introduction to Big Brother
Review: 1984 is without a doubt one of the best books ever written. It shows the reader the consequences of having an authorative government going to the extremes in controlling the thoughts and actions of its citizens. 1984 also brings up in interesting idea about the reasons for wars. According to Orwell, wars are fought not to gain territory but to get rid of the excess of material and wealth the citizens create. Another way to look at the book is to take our contempary setting of today and see what would happen if people didnt stand up for their rights and beliefs and laid all their trusts and fears upon their government.
Review Summary: prompt delivery
Review: This is the first time I have ordered a book online and was a little hesitant due to time restraints. My daughter needed George Orwell's 1984 for school and being unable to find it in a local bookstore, we tried ordering it off the internet. Supposedly delivery was delayed and we began to wonder if it would get here within 10 days for her deadline. The book arrived in 3 days in new condition and saved the day!
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Important for its portrayal of the mechanisms and motivations of totalitarian power
Review: Discomfiting, penetrating, imaginative, and very grey, this book deserves its fame not for elegance of prose (it is only adequately written) nor for an interesting plot (not much happens, at least as novels usually go), but for its indelible, devastating portrait of human degradation and its far-fetched-yet-just-around-the-corner description of the hows and whys of totalitarian power. If not quite a must-read, at least a dramatic, illuminating one.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Too bad it's not a hardcover
Review: It really doesn't make much sense to review a classic. I wish we continue to maintain a critical mass of people who read this book at least once. The words "orwellian" and "doublespeak" should never leave our lexicon. We already have department of "defence", if our kids don't discover or forget this book, the ministry of love will follow.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A work of genius that provides warning
Review: 1984 is one of the best novels ever written in English. The dismal world of the "future" presented here is beyond belief but also seems within reach. Although it may seem to be a warning against communism (some of the elements are found in A Darkness at Noon - a true critique of the pogroms of Stalin), it is in fact a warning against excess that can occur in any government system.
The foreward by T. Pynchon provides some insights, especially about the last chapter on newspeak, but be warned that it does provide spoilers.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Introduction to Big Brother
Review: 1984 is without a doubt one of the best books ever written. It shows the reader the consequences of having an authorative government going to the extremes in controlling the thoughts and actions of its citizens. 1984 also brings up in interesting idea about the reasons for wars. According to Orwell, wars are fought not to gain territory but to get rid of the excess of material and wealth the citizens create. Another way to look at the book is to take our contempary setting of today and see what would happen if people didnt stand up for their rights and beliefs and laid all their trusts and fears upon their government.