1984 (Summarized Edition)

1984 (Modern Classics Series) is Orwell's stark anatomy of total power. Following Winston Smith, a clerk in the Ministry of Truth, the novel depicts a society where telescreens, Newspeak, and doublethink erase privacy and history under Big Brother. Winston's affair with Julia and his betrayal by O'Brien end in the Ministry of Love, where torture finalizes ideological conquest. In lucid, pared-down...