Dec. 8, 2025 |  Genres:  Literary Fiction   Historical Fiction   Dystopian   Fiction   Literature  

1984

Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmarish vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life—the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language—and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell.

Really good book. Quite depressing outcome, but that's the point. A glimpse into what political repression does to a person and how the state, taken to the extreme, can absolutely destroy a person's will. Highly recommended for everyone.