1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four – Väl omtyckt

One of the BBC’s ’100 Novels That Shaped Our World’. HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.Winston Smith rewrites history. Its his job. Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, he helps the Party, and the omnipresent Big Brother, control the people of Oceania.Winston knows what a good citizen of Oceania must do: show his devotion for Big Brother and the Party; abstain from all vices; and, most importantly, possess no critical thoughts of their own. The new notebook hes begun to write in is definitely against the rulesin fact, the Thought Police could arrest him simply for having it. Yet, as Winston begins to write his own history, a seed of rebellion begins to grow in his heartone that could have devastating consequences.In George Orwells final and most well-known novel, he explores a dystopian future in which a totalitarian government controls the actions, thoughts and even emotions of its citizens, exercising power through control of language and history. Its lasting popularity is testament to Orwells powerful prose, and is a passionate political warning for today