https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/george-orwell/Recent content in Book Authors/George Orwell on paapereira.xyzHugoen-US<a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>©</a> 2008-2026 / <a href='https://gitlab.com/paapereira/paapereira.gitlab.io' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>source code</a>Mon, 01 Jan 2018 21:57:00 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/books/1984/Mon, 01 Jan 2018 21:57:00 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/books/1984/<h3 id="1984-by-george-orwell-1949">1984 by George Orwell (1949)</h3> <p><img src="https://paapereira.xyz/reads/1984.jpg" alt="cover"></p> <ul> <li>Author: <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/george-orwell">George Orwell</a></li> <li>First Published: <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-publication-year/1949">June 8th 1949</a></li> <li>Score: <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-scores/9/10-books">9/10</a></li> </ul> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28441377-1984">Goodreads</a></p> <p>Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell&rsquo;s nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff&rsquo;s attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell&rsquo;s prescience of modern life&ndash;the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language&ndash;and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.</p>