Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final completed book.

Nineteen Eighty-four, novel by English author George Orwell published in 1949 as a warning against totalitarianism. The novel’s chilling dystopia made a deep impression on readers, and Orwell’s ideas entered mainstream culture in a way achieved by very few books.

《一九八四》（Nineteen Eighty-Four）是英国 左翼 作家 乔治·奥威尔 于1949年出版的长篇政治小说。 在这部作品中奥威尔刻画了一个令人感到窒息的恐怖世界，在假想的未来社会中，独裁者以追逐权力为最终目标，人性被强权彻底扼杀，自由被彻底剥夺，思想受到严酷钳制，人民的生活陷入了极度贫困，下层人民的人生变成了单调乏味的循环。 [1] 这部小说与英国作家 阿道司·赫胥黎 著作的《美丽新世界》，以及俄国作家 叶夫根尼·伊万诺维奇·扎米亚京 著作的《我们》并称 反 …

Orwell took a job at the BBC Eastern Service in 1941, supervising broadcasts to India aimed at stimulating Indian interest in the war effort. He was well aware that he was engaged in propaganda, and wrote that he felt like “an orange that’s been trodden on by a very dirty boot”. Despite the good salary, he resigned in September 1943. In 1944, Orwell fi nished his anti-Stalinist allegory ...

Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism (both authoritarian communism and fascism), and support of …

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1894. February – Oscar Wilde 's play Salome is first published in English, with illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley.

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2023年9月13日 · Topics dystopia, orwell, orwellian, 1984 Publisher Penguin Books Limited Collection opensource Language English Item Size 264.2M

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1894 books. Books written or published in the year 1894. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. The following 7 pages …

The history books say that life before the Revolution was completely different from what it is now. There was the most terrible oppression, injustice, poverty—worse than anything we can imagine.