Geroge Orwell's 1984 is 'His final masterpiece ... enthralling and indispensable for understanding modern history'
Timothy Garton Ash, New York Review of Books
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.
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