Nineteen Eighty-Four
1949 dystopian social science fiction novel by George Orwell
1949 dystopian social science fiction novel by George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a novel by English writer George Orwell, published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg, making it his ninth and final completed book [10]. Also known under the title 1984, it was created in 1948 and set in the year 1984, with the United Kingdom listed as its country of origin [2][5][11][12].
The work is a dystopian work of speculative fiction [10] whose central subjects include totalitarianism, surveillance, human rights, and freedom of thought [1]. It follows a cast of characters that includes Winston Smith, Julia, Big Brother, O'Brien, Emmanuel Goldstein, and Charrington [7], exploring themes of mass surveillance and the repressive regimentation of people and behaviour [10].
Nineteen Eighty-Four has been widely regarded as a classic of literary fiction and has been acknowledged for its considerable impact on twentieth-century literature [10]. It is a distinct work and should not be confused with Haruki Murakami's novel 1Q84 or other works sharing a similar title [8].
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