Genre
Political fiction
Nineteen Eighty-Four
A cold political classic about truth under pressure.
Details
Subgenre
Totalitarian dystopia
Original publication
8 June 1949
Original publisher
Secker and Warburg
Pages
328
Format
Paperback, hardcover and ebook editions
Language
English
Setting
Oceania under Party rule
ISBN
9780451524935
Original title
Nineteen Eighty-Four
About the book
Winston Smith tries to hold onto memory, language and private thought under a regime built on surveillance and fear.
The obvious choice for readers asking about surveillance, propaganda, authoritarian power, language control and political dread.
Orwell's novel is strongest when the reader wants systems, slogans, control of language and the destruction of private reality.
It gives the catalogue a direct answer for requests about authoritarianism and modern political anxiety.
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