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1984
- Narrated by: Adriel Brandt
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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Summary
1984 is a novel by the British author George Orwell in 1949. Considered a classic of dystopian fiction, the book has contributed many terms to common usage, including Big Brother, doublethink, newspeak, and thoughtcrime, while the adjective Orwellian in the context of government deception, surveillance, and misleading terminology has entered the English language.
The narrative unfolds in an imagined future when most of the world has fallen prey to omnipresent government surveillance, propaganda, and endless war. Great Britain has become a province of the super state Oceania, which is ruled by the Party, whose leader is called Big Brother. The Party employs the Thought Police to persecute individuality and independent thinking. Winston Smith, the protagonist, is an ordinary worker who secretly despises the Party and dreams of rebellion.
Time Magazine included the novel on its 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005, and it is placed at number 13 on the editor’s list and at number six on the reader’s list of Modern Library's 100 Best Novels.
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- Shay
- 19-11-20
story is good, recording sound is too low
the tone of voice is low and so is the sound
very hard to hear while running (as opposed to other podcasts)
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- Stephen Armstrong
- 17-06-20
Classic Story - poor narration
Not since Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins has the English accent been so brutally mangled
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- Doyle
- 29-11-20
great and aplicible
Ninteen 84 What a great book and super Point of use and Realistic prophecy And that's all I have to say.
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