Penguin 1984

The most famous dystopia in world literature, as relevant as ever: "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." London, 1984: Winston Smith, a history falsifier in the service of the state, falls in love with the beautiful and mysterious Julia. Together, they begin to question the totalitarian world in which they have been functioning. But even their thoughts are crimes, and Big Brother keeps his ever-watchful eye on every potential dissident. George Orwell's vision of a totalitarian state, where cyber surveillance, historical revisionism, and thought police dictate the lives of transparent citizens, has gained unprecedented urgency like no other dystopia to this day. "I have read it over and over. Much later, when I wrote 'The Handmaid's Tale' in the actual year 1984, Orwell became a direct model for me." Margaret Atwood • A prophetic masterpiece of unbroken relevance • The world literary dystopia in a modern translation • Now in the most famous classic series in the world.