Nineteen Eighty-Four

By (author): "George Orwell"
Publish Date: June 8th 1949
Nineteen Eighty-Four
ISBN0140126716
ISBN139780140126716
AsinNineteen Eighty-Four
CharactersWinston Smith, Big Brother, O'Brien, Emmanuel Goldstein, Tom Parso
Original titleNineteen Eighty-Four
Winston Smith is a low-rung member of the Party, the ruling government of Oceania. He works in the Ministry of Truth, the Party's propoganda arm, where he is in charge of revising history. He is but a small brick in the pyramid that is the Party, at the head of which stands Big Brother. Big Brother the infallible. Big Brother the all-powerful. In a totalitarian society, where individuality is suppressed and freedom of thought has its antithesis in the Thought Police, Winston finds respite in the company of Julia. Originality of thought awakens, love blossoms and hope is rekindled. But what they don't know is that Big Brother is always watching...