1984 by George Orwell Hardcover

Orwell's last novel gave English the vocabulary of surveillance: Big Brother, thoughtcrime, doublethink, the Ministry of Truth. Winston Smith works at rewriting the past for a state that permits no version of it but its own, and the novel tracks what happens when he tries to keep a private thought. Running to 342 pages in hardcover, this edition presents the complete text of a book read as often for its argument about language as for its plot. Key features: • Orwell's complete, unabridged text • A 342-page hardcover edition • Central terms such as doublethink and Newspeak in their original context • Suited to students of literature and of politics alike A standard on senior school and university reading lists, published by Wilco International LLP and available from Boipoka.