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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.
Hotel du Lac is a 1984 novel by English writer Anita Brookner.It centres on Edith Hope, a romance novelist who is staying in a hotel on the shores of Lake Geneva.There she meets other English visitors, including Mrs Pusey, Mrs Pusey's daughter Jennifer, and an attractive middle-aged man, Mr Neville.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (stylized as 1984) is a 1984 dystopian film written and directed by Michael Radford, based upon George Orwell's 1949 novel.Starring John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, and Cyril Cusack, the film follows the life of Winston Smith (Hurt), a low-ranking civil servant in a war-torn London ruled by Oceania, a totalitarian superstate. [6]
Almost 75 years after George Orwell’s “1984” was published in 1949, readers can return to Airstrip One with its Newspeak and Ministries of Truth, Peace, Love and Plenty.
The novel's popularity has resulted in the term "Room 101" being used to represent a place where unpleasant things are done. According to Anna Funder 's 2002 book Stasiland , Erich Mielke , the last Minister of State Security ( Stasi ) of East Germany , had the floors of the Stasi headquarters renumbered so that his second floor office would be ...
The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros. Told in a series of short, interconnected vignettes, Cisneros’s acclaimed 1984 novel tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a 12-year-old Chicano ...