Nineteen Eighty Four (Audio book) - read by Benedict Cumberbatch

The world is divided into three great powers: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia, each perpetually at war with the other. Throughout Oceania 'The Party' rules by the agency of four ministries whose power is absolute and where every action, word, gesture and thought is monitored.

About the author

George Orwell (1903-1950), real name Eric Arthur Blair, was one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century. A journalist, social commentator, prolific essayist and novelist, known for his satirical wit and socio-political focus, he is most famous for his political allegory Animal Farm and his dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. His writing is read and studied around the world, and has inspired plays, films and generations of readers. He died in London in 1950.

Summary

George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece - one of the definitive and most influential novels of the nineteenth century. Now available as an unabridged audiobook.

Foreword

George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece - one of the definitive and most influential novels of the nineteenth century. Now available as an unabridged audiobook.

Product details

• Authors: George Orwell
• Assisted by: Andrew Wincott (Reader / Narrator), Wincott Andrew (Reader / Narrator)
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: CD-Audio
• Released: 15.11.2015
• EAN: 9781782115397
• ISBN: 978-1-78211-539-7
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 148 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; 1984, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary