1984 (Penguin Modern Classics) (UK)

1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin Modern Classics) Paperback – 3 Feb. 2000 by George Orwell (Author), Thomas Pynchon (Introduction), UK.

One of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World'

'Who 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 Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 384 pages
• Dimensions 129 x 198 x 21mm | 281g
• Publication date 03 Feb 2000
• Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint Penguin Classics
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement New ed
• ISBN13 9780141187761