Nineteen Eighty-Four (Vintage Classics HB)
Author(s): George Orwell
As he lay dying, George Orwell summoned his publisher Fred Warburg to his bedside. No longer capable of holding a pen, the writer dictated a message to the public about the world of his new novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. 'Don?t let it happen,? he concluded. 'It depends on you.?In an age of inescapable surveillance, fake news, alternative facts, would-be Big Brothers and endless low-level wars, Orwell?s warning still speaks to us today, and with greater force than ever before.Republished with a new introduction by Dennis Glover, author of The Last Man in Europe, Orwell?s prophetic masterpiece is truly a story for our times. Orwell?s courage and his refusal to be silenced inspire hope that, ultimately, the spirit of humanity will win through.
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"The book of the twentieth century...haunts us with an ever-darker relevance" * Independent * "His final masterpiece... Enthralling and indispensable for understanding modern history" * New York Review of Books * "Orwell remains the most indispensable English writer of his period" * Observer * "Matchlessly sharp and fresh... The clearest and most compelling English prose style this century" -- John Carey * Sunday Times * "Many writers and journalists have tried to imitate his particular kind of clarity without possessing anything like his moral authority" -- Peter Ackroyd * The Times *
General Fields
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- : Penguin Random House
- : Arrow
- : 0.453
- : 01 December 2017
- : 222mm X 144mm X 31mm
- : 01 April 2018
- : books
Special Fields
- : George Orwell
- : Hardback
- : 2018
- : English
- : 336
