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Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel
Contents
Background and title
Plot
Characters
Main characters
Secondary characters
Unseen characters
World in novel
Ingsoc
Ministries of Oceania
Ministry of Peace
Ministry of Plenty
Ministry of Truth
Ministry of Love
Doublethink
Political geography
The Revolution
The War
Living standards
Themes
Nationalism
Futurology
Censorship
Surveillance
Newspeak appendix
Sources for literary motifs
Influences
Critical reception
Adaptations in other media
Translations
Cultural impact
Brave New World comparisons
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
Further reading
External links
Electronic editions
Film versions

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1949 dystopian novel by George Orwell
This article is about the 1949 novel by George Orwell. For the year, see 1984. For other uses, see 1984 (disambiguation). Not to be confused with 1Q84. Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel
First edition cover
Author
George Orwell
Cover artist
Michael Kennar
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Genre
Dystopian, political fiction, social science fiction
Set in
London, Airstrip One, Oceania
Publisher
Secker & Warburg
Publication date
8 June 1949
( 1949-06-08)
Media type
Print (hardback and paperback)
Pages
328
Awards
NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
OCLC
470015866
Dewey Decimal
823.912
Preceded by
Animal Farm
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair). It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modelled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia.