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An attractive copy bound in finely woven lime green cloth and stamped brightly in red on the spine. With some light leeching of color along the top and bottom edges of the front panel. Clean and tight throughout. With plain endpapers and a tiny Foyle's sticker on the front paste-down. A lovely copy with two little smudges on the right-hand corner of the front panel.With red top-staining. "If we only had the glorious first issue red dust jacket!" The lads cry out. Nineteen-eighty-Four marks the triumph of the totalitarian state. Three superpowers divide the world and conduct sham wars. Newspeak is official, insidious language used to propagate lies. Big Brother polices you through two-way TV in your quarters. Romance is forbidden, sex is a political act. Personal opinion is neutralized by brainwashing. Life is hell. One of the half-dozen most influential novels of the twentieth century" (Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 3-302). Basis for two notable film adaptations: Michael Anderson's 1956 film starring Edmund O'Brien, and Michael Radford's later picture starring John Hurt and Richard Burton. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950) known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. He was born in Motihari, Bihar, British India. His birthplace and ancestral house in Motihari is now a historical monument. His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, total opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism. Orwell produced literary criticism and poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is best known for his novels "Animal Farm" (1945) and the dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949). Animal Farm had particular resonance in the post-war climate and its worldwide success made Orwell a sought-after figure. Orwell also produced journalistic work for the Tribune, The Observer and the Manchester Evening News. He contributed to many political and literary magazines. His best-known work was Nineteen Eighty-Four, which was published in 1949. The Times ranked George Orwell second among "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". By 1984, Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty Four" had been proven prophetic, prescient and all too real. With statement "First Published in 1949"--in the middle of the copyright page.

"1984" is a dystopian novel set in a totalitarian society ruled by a party led by the enigmatic figure, Big Brother. The story revolves around Winston Smith, a disillusioned man working for the Party whose job involves altering historical records to align with the Party's propaganda. Winston secretly harbors dissenting thoughts against the oppressive regime and begins a forbidden love affair with Julia, a fellow rebel. As they engage in acts of rebellion and attempt to challenge the Party's control, they are drawn into a web of surveillance, manipulation, and betrayal. The novel explores themes of censorship, surveillance, the nature of truth, the dangers of totalitarianism, and the resilience of the human spirit against oppressive regimes.