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1984

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1st World Publishing, 2004 - Fiction - 388 pages
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him. The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. At one end of it a coloured poster, too large for indoor display, had been tacked to the wall. It depicted imply an enormous face, more than a metre wide: the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black moustache and ruggedly handsome features. Winston made for the stairs. It was no use trying the lift. Even at the best of times it was seldom working, and at present the electric current was cut off during daylight hours. It was part of the economy drive in preparation for Hate Week. The flat was seven flights up, and Winston, who was thirty-nine and had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle, went slowly, resting several times on the way. On each landing, opposite the lift-shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran.
  

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Nineteen Eighty-Four was quite a terrifying read. The themes which Orwell writes about are still shockingly relevant today. However, there is still something about classics that still underwhelms me ... Read full review

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'tis the season... 13 TALES OF TERROR: BOOK 9 yikes, the gloomiest of dystopias, the driest of writing, plus the inevitable sardonic twist ending to make your heart shrivel. an unhappy classic. read ... Read full review

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Contents

Chapter 1
7
Chapter 2
29
Chapter 3
40
Chapter 4
50
Chapter 5
63
Chapter 6
82
Chapter 7
89
Chapter 8
103
Chapter 6
197
Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 9
225
Part Three
279
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Chapter 2
299
Chapter 3
326

Part Two
131
Chapter 1
133
Chapter 2
148
Chapter 3
160
Chapter 4
172
Chapter 5
186
Chapter 4
343
Chapter 5
353
Chapter 6
359
APPENDIX
372
Copyright

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George Orwell's 1984 - Chapter 1 Section 4
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On the Shelf: George Orwell – Nineteen Eighty-Four (Audio Book)
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On Nineteen Eighty-Four: Orwell and Our Future
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About the author (2004)

George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair in 1903 in Motihari in Bengal, India and later studied at Eton for four years. Orwell was an assistant superintendent with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He left the position after five years and then moved to Paris, where he wrote his first two books, Burmese Days and Down and Out In Paris. Orwell then moved to Spain to write but decided to join the United Workers Marxist Party Militia. After being decidedly opposed to communism, Orwell served in the British Home Guard and with the Indian Service of the BBC during World War II. He started writing for the Observer and was literary editor for the Tribune. Soon after he published the world-famous book, Animal Farm, which became a huge success for Orwell. It was then towards the end of his life when Orwell wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four. George Orwell died on January 23, 1950 in London.

Bibliographic information

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Title1984
AuthorGeorge Orwell
Editionreprint
Publisher1st World Publishing, 2004
ISBN1595404325, 9781595404329
Length388 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Fiction / Classics
Fiction / Dystopian
Fiction / Literary
Fiction / Political
Fiction / Science Fiction / General
Literary Criticism / General
  
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