1984 ( Nineteen Eighty-Four ) (Illustrated) Orwell's Dystopian Futuristic Classic Novel with Illustrations

1984, ( Nineteen Eighty-Four) is a must-read classic 20th century novel. It is a futuristic distopian book that focuses on what life would be like under an authoritarian police state that engages in totalitarianism, repressing peoples actions and even engaging in mind control. They even invented a vocabulary to further theIr cause. Originally it was published in 1949 after Orwell's acclaimed Animal Farm. 1984 and Animal Farm are considered by many to be George Orwell's best work. Considering 1984 was first published in 1949, many of the concepts and themes that were integral to 1984, at the time of release were considered far-fetched or impossible back then. It makes Orwell like a 20th century Nastradamus who was able to see into the future. Parallels have been drawn between the novel's subject matter and real life instances of totalitarianism, communism, mass surveillance, and violations of freedom of expression among other themes. As a book that people love to read, 1984 consistly ranks high in the best novel categories. In the article, Seventy Years Later, It's Still '1984', "Matthew Feeney, commentator for the CATO Institute ( CATO . org ), describes 1984 like this:" "1984" is at its core a novel about language; how it can be used by governments to subjugate and obfuscate, and by citizens to resist oppression. Orwell was a master of the English language and his legacy lives on through some of the words he created. Even those who haven't read "1984" know some of its "newspeak."" It has gained notoriety in the book ranking world: Ranked in Time Magazine's100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005 #13 on Modern Library's 100 Best Novels since 1900 (1999) #8 on The Big Read survey by the BBC. (2003) Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read In addition to be popular in book rankings, it also has been responsible for new words entering into the English language. Much like the novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, brought the phrase catch-22.into the English language, 1984 has added many as well. The words and (phrases) listed below all come directly or indirectly from the novel 1984 Big Brother Room 101 Thought Police Thought-crime Un-person Memory hole (oblivion) Double-think (simultaneously holding and believing contradictory beliefs) Newspeak (ideological language) Double-speak Group-think "Orwellian" means similar to Orwell's writings, especially 1984 Not everyone has liked 1984. Over the years it has been a target of many governments and groups that have wanted to ban & censor it. So it also has high ranking for being Banned, Censored or Challenged: #1 on Butler University Most Commonly Banned Books (June 2020) #8 On Time Magazine's Top Ten Censored Books (2008) #9 in the American Library Association (ALA) Banned & Challenged Classics (2020)