Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell
Taste attributes: science fictionpoliticaldramafresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricategrittyemotive & stirringsocial commentaryrescue/escape/jeopardyinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeInventive and otherworldly: a weighty science-fiction novel, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair). It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime.
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- George Orwell
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- 1949
- Pages
- 318
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