Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984 (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Orwell, George (Eric Arthur Blair); introduction by Thomas Pynchon; note on the text by Peter Davison
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- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 014118776X
- ISBN 13
- 9780141187761
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Synopsis
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) by George Orwell has become the definitive dystopian novel of the twentieth century. Originally published on June 8, 1949 by Secker and Warburg in the United Kingdom, the book follows the main character, Winston Smith, through his disillusionment with totalitarianism and a doomed struggle of resistance. George Orwell is a pen-name, Orwell's real name was Eric Blair. -
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A good read very ahead of its time.
Prophetic
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- Alexander's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 081152
- Title
- Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984 (Penguin Modern Classics)
- Author
- Orwell, George (Eric Arthur Blair); introduction by Thomas Pynchon; note on the text by Peter Davison
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 014118776X
- ISBN 13
- 9780141187761
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2018
- Pages
- 324
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¼ - 9¼
- Keywords
- George Orwell; Eric Arthur Blair; Nineteen Eighty-Four; 1984; Dystopian fiction; Communism; Stalinism; Totalitarianism; Winston Smith; Thomas Pynchon; note on the text by Peter Davison Political, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Politics and Sociology;
- X weight
- 280 g
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