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Condition: New
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9789124026806
Publisher: Rupa Publications
Overview:
This deluxe hardback edition of Nineteen Eighty-Four presents George Orwell's landmark dystopian novel in a durable package for readers who want more than a standard paperback on their shelf. First published in 1949, the novel remains one of the most discussed works of political fiction in English, its vocabulary of "Big Brother" and "doublethink" now embedded in everyday speech. This edition suits collectors, students, and lifelong readers wanting a lasting copy of one of the century's defining warnings about power and truth.
About the Book:
Winston Smith works at the Ministry of Truth in the superstate of Oceania, where the ruling Party rewrites history daily and the face of Big Brother watches from every screen. Surrounded by constant surveillance and fed a diet of fabricated facts, Winston grows privately disillusioned with the regime controlling every aspect of thought and language. His quiet rebellion begins with a forbidden diary and a secret relationship, drawing him into direct conflict with the Party and its feared Thought Police. Orwell builds tension gradually, using Winston's small acts of defiance against the chilling efficiency of a totalitarian state to show how memory, language, and even private thought can be turned into instruments of control. The prose stays spare and precise, never melodramatic, making the erosion of individual freedom feel immediate rather than abstract. Readers return to Nineteen Eighty-Four for its exacting portrait of how ordinary people can be pressured into compliance, and for warnings about surveillance and propaganda that still resonate today. The story's movement from private doubt to public capture keeps the narrative gripping while reinforcing Orwell's central argument: that true power lies in controlling reality itself.
Key Benefits:
- Durable hardback binding designed for repeated reading and long-term shelf display
- The complete, unabridged text of Orwell's landmark dystopian classic
- Brand new condition guarantees clean pages and a tight, undamaged spine
- A thoughtful gift for readers of classic, political, or dystopian fiction
- Enduring themes of surveillance and truth remain highly relevant today
About the Author:
Eric Arthur Blair, who wrote under the pen name George Orwell, was born on 25 June 1903 and died on 21 January 1950. An English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic, he was celebrated for lucid prose combining sharp social observation with moral clarity. Orwell opposed totalitarianism in both its communist and fascist forms while advocating democratic socialism, positions shaped by his service in the Spanish Civil War and his reporting on poverty in Britain and imperial Burma. Alongside Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four established Orwell as one of the century's most influential voices on power and language.
Why You'll Love This Hardback Edition:
A sturdy hardback built to last, this edition puts Orwell's complete, unaltered text in your hands in a format worthy of display and re-reading whenever conversations turn to surveillance, truth, or political power.
Please Note: Cover design may vary slightly from the image shown; this is a genuine UK-available edition supplied new with the ISBN listed above.
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