Nineteen Eighty-Four

1984 is George Orwell's last book, published in 1949, a year before his death. The dystopian novel glorified the author and remains the gold standard of the genre. The action takes place in London, one of the main cities of the totalitarian superstate of Oceania. A frighteningly detailed depiction of a society based on fear and oppression provides the backdrop for one of the most vivid human stories in world literature. In the center of the plot is the fate of a petty dissident party functi...