Nineteen eighty-four
Orwell, George, 1903-19502021
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'Nineteen Eighty-Four', George Orwell's final novel, was completed in difficult conditions shortly before his early death. It is one of the most influential and widely-read novels of the post-war period, and has been a huge international bestseller over many decades. Continually in print, it has long been controversial, both in its immediate Cold War context and in later history. It is in some ways a realist novel, but in others is more akin to a work of science fiction, a dystopia or a satire. It also has strong affiliations to Gothic in its plotting, motifs and affective states. Full of horror and terror, it contains prophetic dreams and a central character who thinks of himself as a 'monster', a 'ghost' and 'already dead'. Like Frankenstein and Dracula, it is fascinated by the power of a documentary remnant addressed to an unknown reader.
Main title:
Nineteen eighty-four / George Orwell.
Author:
Orwell, George, 1903-1950, authorBowen, John, 1958-, editor
Work:
Edition:
[New edition] / edited with an introduction and notes by John Bowen.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Collation:
xxxviii, 250 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780198829195 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.912
Language:
English
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BRN:
375561