In George Orwell’s masterful dystopian novel, 1984, the world is ravaged by perpetual war, propaganda-driven news, omnipresent government surveillance, and totalitarianism. Orwell’s invented terms have become familiar even to people who have never read the book. Big Brother, doublethink, Newspeak, unperson, the thought police-even Orwell’s name-have become shorthand for menacing political concepts. In part, the perennial popularity of 1984 stems from its constant relevance to our time of its themes: invasion of privacy, ubiquitous surveillance, mass media and disinformation, cult of personality, and censorship. It is a towering work of horror that is crushingly immediate. This Warbler Classics edition includes a detailed biographical timeline.
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Appendix
Biographical Timelline
Circa l’autore
ERIC ARTHUR BLAIR (1903-1950), pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. After resigning from a position as an Imperial policeman in Burma, he worked as a teacher, a bookseller, and at a variety of menial jobs while he pursued writing. He was wounded fighting in the Spanish Civil War and worked as a journalist during World War II. The publication of Animal Farm brought him worldwide recognition. His last novel, 1984, was published less than a year before his sudden death at the age of forty-six.
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