01553cam a2200277 4500 137226410 TxAuBib 20130510120000.0 030310s1983||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780451524935 $7.00 0451524934 $7.00 TxAuBib Orwell, George. Nineteen eighty-four. 1984 : a novel / by George Orwell ; with an afterword by Erich Fromm. Nineteen eighty-four. Signet classic. New York, N.Y. : Signet, 1983. 267, [3] p. : softcover ; 18 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [269-270]). Novel by George Orwell, published in 1949 as a warning about the menaces of totalitarianism. The novel is set in an imaginary future world that is dominated by three perpetually warring totalitarian police states. The book's hero, Winston Smith, is a minor party functionary in one of these states. His longing for truth and decency leads him to secretly rebel against the government. Smith has a love affair with a like-minded woman, but they are both arrested by the Thought Police. The ensuing imprisonment, torture, and reeducation of Smith are intended not merely to break him physically or make him submit but to root out his independent mental existence and his spiritual dignity. 20130510. Totalitarianism Fiction. Dystopias Fiction. TXSAI