1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four: York Notes - Softcover

Robert Welch; George Orwell

 
9780582022898: 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four: York Notes
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0582022894 ISBN 13: 9780582022898
Publisher: Longman, 1988

Synopsis

Orwell George : Nineteen Eighty-Four (Sc) Satire on the possible horrors of a totalitarian regime in England in 1984. Full description

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Review

"My favourite book is 1984 . . . More relevant to today than almost any other book that you can think of" (Jo Brand)

"His final masterpiece . . . enthralling and indispensable for understanding modern history" (New York Review of Books)

"The book of the twentieth century . . . haunts us with an ever-darker relevance" (Independent)

"Orwell remains the most indispensable English writer of his period" (Observer)

"One of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century" (Robert McCrum Observer)

"Many writers and journalists have tried to imitate his particular kind of clarity without possessing anything like his moral authority" (Peter Ackroyd The Times)

"Matchlessly sharp and fresh . . . The clearest and most compelling English prose style this century" (John Carey Sunday Times)

"Orwell's innocent eye was often devastatingly perceptive . . . a man who looked at his world with wonder and wrote down exactly what he saw, in admirable prose" (Evening Standard)

"The great moral force of his age . . . It is impossible not to be elated by his literary and political writing . . . the most lovable of writers, someone whose books can make the reader long for his company" (Spectator)

Book Description

George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece - one of the definitive and most influential novels of the nineteenth century. Now available as an unabridged audiobook.

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Publisher
Longman
Publication date
1988
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0582022894
ISBN 13 
9780582022898
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
72