Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

George Orwells masterwork now in the Penguin Clothbound Classics series with a cover designed by Coralie Bickford-SmithOne of the BBCs 100 Novels that Shaped the WorldWho controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past 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.George Orwells dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century. About the Author Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) better known by his pen-nameGeorge Orwell was born in India where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegoryAnimal Farm was published in 1945 and it was this novel together with the dystopia ofNineteen Eighty-Four (1949) which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction includeBurmese Days Down and Out in Paris and London The Road to Wigan Pier andHomage to Catalonia.