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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Winston Smith: Caught Between Rebellion and Conformity
Chapter 2: Julia: Her Reason to Live
Chapter 3: O’Brien: Shattering Love
Description
Nineteen Eighty-Four, also published as 1984, is a dystopian novel from 1949 that deals with the perils of totalitarianism. It’s set in an imagined future in a superstate called Oceania, which is ruled by an authoritarian government that maintains power through constant surveillance and other insidious means.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone who’d like to know more about this must-read classic
- People interested in politics and history
- Those who are worried about freedom of thought