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“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.
