1984
by:
George Orwell (author)
Brand New Item, Fast Dispatch
Brand New Item, Fast Dispatch
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141036144 (0141036141)
Publish date: July 3rd 2008
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 326
Edition language: English
I went into this book expecting to be scared by it, and expecting to love it. While I was somewhat scared by it, I, unfortunately, didn't like it very much. I really didn't like Winston very well. He is a weak, lustful, unpleasant character who contemplates murder and rape. I didn't like Julia. Sh...
So I'm on a mission to read several dystopians before I get sick of it like I did with the vampires. This one while as disturbing as Brave New World, and seems to be relevant for the 2017-2021 years at the moment, I didn't enjoy it like I did with Brave New World. That being said it is a bit more ...
Despite a great narrator, this book was painful to listen to. I understand what Orwell is trying to say with this story, but I've never read a book with violence, sex, and political intrigue that managed to be so excruciatingly boring. I have at times said that great nonfiction is so entertaining ...
George Orwell napisał swoją powieść, pod wpływem styczności z komunizmem, jako obserwator i dziennikarz w trakcie wojny domowej w Hiszpanii. "Rok 1984" jest dziełem wyjątkowym, bo wpisuje się doskonale w historię XX wieku. Wieku, który zaznał dwóch okrutnych i śmiercionośnych systemów polityczno-spo...
Is it bad that I had low expectations for this book? I do really love George Orwell's writing, and to be fair it exceeded them easily. I had the same question going into Brave New World: school's teach these just a year or two after you are reading YA dystopias and everyone conscripts them to make p...
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