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1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four | 
 enlarge | Author: George Orwell
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 17460
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0140182349
EAN: 9780140182347
ASIN: 0140182349
Publication Date: September 7, 1989
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Condition: Single volume PAPERBACK of edition "Reprinted as part of a millennium box set 1999"
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 Deviates corrected for their own good August 19, 2008
B. Chandler (Arlington, Texas)
In a society that has eliminated many imbalances, surplus goods, and even class struggle, there are bound to be deviates; Winston Smith is one of those. He starts out, due to his inability to doublethink, with thoughtcrime. This is in a society that believes a thought is as real as the deed. Eventually he graduates through a series of misdemeanors to illicit sex and even plans to overthrow the very government that took him in as an orphan.
If he gets caught, he will be sent to the "Ministry of Love" where they have a record of 100% cures for this sort of insanity. They will even forgive his past indiscretions.
Be sure to watch the three different movies made from this book:
1984 (1954) Peter Cushing is Winston Smith
1984 (1956) Edmond O'Brien is Winston Smith
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) John Hurt is Winston smith
 A cycloptic view of an allegorical tale January 20, 2000
jonbeanuk@netscape.net (Darlington, England)
0 out of 22 found this review helpful
This book is revered as a classic. It is written in concise terms, and it does reflect popular opinion in the west at the time. however it is only a classic as it reflects the common perception that anti-socialism is a good thing. Orwell shows the views of many at the time, a time which would soon bring McCarthy's Witch hunts. Orwell sais 'All propaganda is lies', to believe this just read this book.
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