1984 (Signet Classics)

George Orwell; Erich Fromm [Afterword]

ISBN 10: 0451524934 / ISBN 13: 9780451524935

Published by Signet Classic, 1950

Seller Inventory # 0451524934-3-18589007

Synopsis:

Portrays a terrifying vision of life in the future when a totalitarian government, considered a "Negative Utopia," watches over all citizens and directs all activities, becoming more powerful as time goes by. Reissue.

About the Author: George Orwell (pseudonym for Eric Blair [1903-50]) was born in Bengal and educated at Eton; after service with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, he returned to Europe to earn his living penning novels and essays. He was essentially a political writer who focused his attention on his own times, a man of intense feelings and intense hates. An opponent of totalitarianism, he served in the Loyalist forces in the Spanish Civil War. Besides his classic Animal Farm, his works include a novel based on his experiences as a colonial policeman, Burmese Days, two firsthand studies of poverty, Down and Out in Paris and London and The Road to Wigan Pier, an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, Homage to Catalonia; and the extraordinary novel of political prophecy whose title became part of our language, 1984.

Bibliographic Details

Title: 1984 (Signet Classics)
Publisher: Signet Classic
Publication Date: 1950
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Condition: Good