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Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell

Added more words to the English language — doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak, Big Brother — than virtually any other novel.

War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.

George Orwell

Why It's Lindy

Added more words to the English language — doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak, Big Brother — than virtually any other novel. Sells more when authoritarian tendencies rise.

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Orwell's dystopian vision of a totalitarian surveillance state. The most politically influential novel of the 20th century.

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Why should I read Nineteen Eighty-Four?

Added more words to the English language — doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak, Big Brother — than virtually any other novel. Sells more when authoritarian tendencies rise.

What is Nineteen Eighty-Four about?

Orwell's dystopian vision of a totalitarian surveillance state. The most politically influential novel of the 20th century.

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