Works

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Also Known As 1984

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General Reference

Literature Atlas. "Nineteen Eighty-Four." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://literature.interactiveatlas.org/works/nineteen-eighty-four.

APA Style

Literature Atlas. (n.d.). Nineteen Eighty-Four. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://literature.interactiveatlas.org/works/nineteen-eighty-four

BibTeX

@misc{literatureatlas-nineteen-eighty-four,
  author = {Literature Atlas},
  title = {Nineteen Eighty-Four},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://literature.interactiveatlas.org/works/nineteen-eighty-four},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Nineteen Eighty-Four, also published as 1984, is a dystopian and speculative fiction novel by the English writer George Orwell, published on 8 June 1949 by Secker and Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final completed book. Thematically it centers on totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people and behavior, set in a fictional future in which Great Britain, renamed Airstrip One, has become a province of the totalitarian superstate Oceania under the dictatorial leader Big Brother. Orwell described the book as a satire and a display of the perversions to which a centralized economy is liable, while also stating he believed something resembling it could arrive; it has since been acknowledged for its impact on twentieth-century literature and examines the role of truth and facts within societies and the ways they can be manipulated.

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Composed, From (Year)

from 1949 1

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