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Gripping plot and excellent portrayal of atmosphere. - weRead good story, pathetic ending. - weRead The writing is terrific. - Goodreads Oooh.. A dystopia with disturbing imagery! - weRead scariest love story i ever read - weRead What disappointed me ultimately was the ending. - Goodreads Review: 1984User Review - Goodreads1984 is one of those books I thought I'd read in school, but hadn't actually read. I did see the movie with John Hurt as Winston Smith and most of the language of 1984 has passed into common use, like ... Review: 1984User Review - GoodreadsOrwell's painting of a dystopian society is very well done. Throughout his telling of Winston's story, he sticks to blacks and whites, and only sometimes does he use grays. The way he writes Winston ... Related books
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Common terms and phrasesactually already Big Brother body called cell Charrington Comrade confess consciousness Crimestop dark diary door doublethink dream Eastasia enemy enormous Eurasia everything exist eyes face feeling felt fingers flat floor flung girl glass Goldstein hair hand happened human impossible Ingsoc Inner Party inside Julia kind knew looked meaning memory merely metres mind Ministry of Love Ministry of Plenty Ministry of Truth Minutes Hate never Newspeak words Nineteen Eighty-F O’Brien Oceania Oldspeak once one’s Orwell pain Party member past perhaps person piece possible prisoners proles realised remember Revolution round say the bells seemed seen shouting side simply sitting smell sometimes somewhere sort speakwrite stopped street suddenly Syme talking telescreen There’s thing Thought Police thoughtcrime turned victory vocabulary voice walked wall whole Winston woman Bibliographic information
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