Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell (1949)
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
About the author, George Orwell
"In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
"Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them."
"If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself."
"The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history."
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."
"If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever. "
Important Essays by Orwell
"Politics and the English Language" (1946)
Writers on "Politics and the English Language" (literary criticism)
"Shooting an Elephant" (1936)
If you liked this novel, you might also like:
- Animal Farm (1945), by George Orwell
- Brave New World (1932), by Aldous Huxley
- Fahrenheit 451 (1953), by Ray Bradbury