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By: Yevgeny Zamyatin
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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The exhilarating dystopian novel that inspired George Orwell's 1984 and foreshadowed the worst excesses of Soviet Russia.

Yevgeny Zamyatin's We is a powerfully inventive vision that has influenced writers from George Orwell to Ayn Rand.

In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the all-powerful 'Benefactor', the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState live out lives devoid of passion and creativity - until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. Set in the 26th century AD, We is the classic dystopian novel and was the forerunner of works such as George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.

It was suppressed for many years in Russia and remains a resounding cry for individual freedom, yet is also a powerful, exciting and vivid work of science fiction.
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WE before Orwell's 1984

An important book to explore if you are into Dystopia, Sci-Fi and the understanding of the universe.
Almost 3 decades older than George Orwell's 1984. Worth every word, a must read.

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Superb and thought provoking

I love it when a book is performed so well that it only adds to my memory and love of the book from when I read it some years ago. This one certainly is.

The themes are so relevant to us today, such thought provoking stuff handled so carefully by the author. I love this book and it makes me want to follow up with the books it inspired - Brave New World and 1984.

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