Nineteen Eighty-Four

Big Brother, Thoughtcrime, Newspeak, Doublethink, Room 101. The ominous jargon coined by George Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four, his last and greatest novel, are understood even by those who have yet to read the book. In Airstrip One, truth is a memory and thought is a crime. Winston Smith dares to question the Party – and pays the price. Orwell's dystopia is as stark and startling as ever, a mirror that reflects each new generation's fears. Big Brother never left, and Nineteen Eighty-Four is fiction that reads like prophecy – and still has the power to bite.