Nineteen Eighty-Four

Informationen zum Autor George Orwell Klappentext Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the harsh totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty he begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker, Julia, but soon discovers that the true price of freedom is betrayal. Zusammenfassung Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth! Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in! which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother! symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty! Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia! but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal.

Product details

• Authors: George Orwell
• Assisted by: Carte (Editor), Carter (Editor), Ron Carter (Editor), Ronald Carter (Editor), Duro (Editor), Durow (Editor), Durow (Editor), Valerie Durow (Editor), Ronald Carter (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.03.2000
• EAN: 9780140817744
• ISBN: 978-0-14-081774-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Student Edition; Penguin Student Editions; STUDENT EDNS; Penguin Classics; Penguin Student editions; STUDENT EDNS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy > Fantasy literature; Englisch; Lektüre, FICTION / Dystopian, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Dystopian and utopian fiction, FICTION / World Literature / England / 20th Century, For higher / tertiary / university education, For advanced / upper secondary education