Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

Outline

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), first published in 1949, imagines a future society ruled by a total dictatorship led by the mysterious Big Brother. Winston Smith works at the Ministry of Truth rewriting history, while the Party watches every citizen and controls even language and thought. George Orwell’s classic novel is a powerful warning about surveillance, propaganda, and the loss of truth and freedom.

• The novel imagines a future society ruled by a total dictatorship led by the mysterious Big Brother.
• Winston Smith works at the Ministry of Truth, where his job is rewriting history.
• The Party watches every citizen and controls even language and thought, not just behaviour.
• Orwell's classic warns about surveillance, propaganda, and the loss of truth and freedom.

George Orwell (1903–1950) was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. His clear writing and strong opposition to tyranny and propaganda made him one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. His best-known works include Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and the essay Politics and the English Language.