title: George Orwell Boxed Set (1984 and Animal Farm)
author:  George Orwell 
description: "A wise, compassionate, and illuminating fable of our times....The steadiness and lucidity of Orwell's merciless wit are reminiscent of Anatole France and even of Swift." --<i>New York Times Book Review</i>
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  **1984**
  
   **By George Orwell**
  
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  Part One
  
  1984
  
  Chapter 1
  
  It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
  Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the
  vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though
  not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with
  him.
  
  The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. At one end of it a
  coloured poster, too large for indoor display, had been tacked to the wall. It
  depicted simply an enormous face, more than a metre wide: the face of a man of
  about forty-five, with a heavy black moustache and rugged-ly handsome
  features. Winston made for the stairs. It was no use trying the lift. Even at
  the best of times it w