1984 (Essential Orwell Classics)
von George Orwell
Nineteen A Novel , often published as 1984 , is a dystopian social science fiction novel by English novelist George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modeled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated.The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984, when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and propaganda. Great Britain, known as Airstrip One, has become a province of a totalitarian superstate named Oceania that is ruled by the Party who employ the Thought Police to persecute individuality and independent thinking. Big Brother, the leader of the Party, enjoys an intense cult of personality despite the fact that he may not even exist. The protagonist, Winston Smith, is a diligent and skillful rank-and-file worker and Party member who secretly hates the Party and dreams of rebellion. He enters into a forbidden relationship with a colleague, Julia, and starts to remember what life was like before the Party came to power.Nineteen Eighty-Four has become a classic literary example of political and dystopian fiction. It also popularised the term "Orwellian" as an adjective, with many terms used in the novel entering common usage, including "Big Brother", "doublethink", "thoughtcrime", "Newspeak", "memory hole", "2 + 2 = 5", "proles", "Two Minutes Hate", "telescreen", and "Room 101". Time included it on its 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. It was placed on the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, reaching No. 13 on the editors' list and No. 6 on the readers' list. In 2003, the novel was listed at No. 8 on The Big Read survey by the BBC. Parallels have been drawn between the novel's subject matter and real life instances of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and violations of freedom of expression among other themes.
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1984 (Essential Orwell Classics)
von George Orwell
Nineteen A Novel , often published as 1984 , is a dystopian social science fiction novel by English novelist George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modeled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated.The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984, when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and propaganda. Great Britain, known as Airstrip One, has become a province of a totalitarian superstate named Oceania that is ruled by the Party who employ the Thought Police to persecute individuality and independent thinking. Big Brother, the leader of the Party, enjoys an intense cult of personality despite the fact that he may not even exist. The protagonist, Winston Smith, is a diligent and skillful rank-and-file worker and Party member who secretly hates the Party and dreams of rebellion. He enters into a forbidden relationship with a colleague, Julia, and starts to remember what life was like before the Party came to power.Nineteen Eighty-Four has become a classic literary example of political and dystopian fiction. It also popularised the term "Orwellian" as an adjective, with many terms used in the novel entering common usage, including "Big Brother", "doublethink", "thoughtcrime", "Newspeak", "memory hole", "2 + 2 = 5", "proles", "Two Minutes Hate", "telescreen", and "Room 101". Time included it on its 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. It was placed on the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, reaching No. 13 on the editors' list and No. 6 on the readers' list. In 2003, the novel was listed at No. 8 on The Big Read survey by the BBC. Parallels have been drawn between the novel's subject matter and real life instances of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and violations of freedom of expression among other themes.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(21)
Rezension von IliA very important read and very captivating story. Though, I hated the romance(?) in this book a lot, if you can even call it romance. It felt like Winston was into O'Brien more than Julia most of the time, and Julia really just felt like an object with little to no redeeming qualities. Over all the book seems to go down hill once Julia's character isn't viewed as a threat anymore. As much as I hated that aspect of the story, I'm happy I read it. The imagery was amazing the dread and suspense I felt while following Winston's character around made the story that much more enjoyable. Overall, the quality of the writing overshadowed how god awful Winston and Julia's relationship was.
Rezension von Lea-SophieIch habe mich aufgrund der aktuellen Lage in der Welt an den Klassiker 1984 gewagt und fand es erschreckend, wie aktuell die gesamte Thematik ist. Bei dem Buch handelt es sich um einen dystopischen Roman, der damals (wurde 1949 veröffentlicht) eine totalitäre Zukunftsgesellschaft beschreibt. Die Geschichte spielt in einem Staat namens Ozeanien, in dem eine allmächtige Partei unter der Führung von „Big Brother“ alles kontrolliert - Gedanken, Verhalten und sogar die Vergangenheit. Der Protagonist Winston Smith zweifelt nach einiger Zeit heimlich an der Partei und sehnt sich nach Wahrheit und Freiheit. Er geht eine verbotene Liebesbeziehung ein und versucht sich dem Widerstand anzuschließen.. Ich fand’s krass, dass George Orwell damals diese Zukunftsvision hatte und bestimmte Länder in der Welt aktuell sehr viele Parallelen zu diesem totalitären Staat aufweisen und sich immer weiter dorthin entwickeln. Meiner Meinung nach ein Must-Read für alle - ein sehr wichtiges Thema, mit dem man sich auseinandersetzen sollte! Die Sprache fand ich auch nicht schwer zu verstehen, ich glaube mittlerweile gibt es auch Ausgaben von dem Buch, die mehr in die Sprache der heutigen Zeit abgeändert wurden. Read it!
Rezension von TJ2000Dystopisch oder Realitätsnah?
Rezension von Umut Isik- Schwer zu lesen - Krasse Aussagen / Zitate - Kranker/ beängstigender Bezug zur Realität - Etwas unnötiger Gore / Sexuelle Inhalte - Der Bruder schreibt einfach über 100 Seiten Manifesto über oligarchischen Kollektivismus in einem Roman (der Bruder ist geistig amk)
Rezension von Raghvendra SinghThis was a chilling experience. I liked the story more from part 2 chapter 10 onwards