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Everyman's library volume 134
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English
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Portrays a terrifying vision of life in the future when a totalitarian government, considered a "Negative Utopia, " watches over all citizens and directs all activities, becoming more powerful as time goes by.
2) 1984
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A Signet Classic volume CP 100
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English
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A satire on the horrors of totalitarianism, "Nineteen Eighty-Four" is set in a society run by Big Brother where people are made to conform to orthodoxy by the Thought Police. Winston Smith yearns for truth and liberty, but he comes to realize that he cannot outwit the forces at work.
3) Animal farm
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English
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The animals of the farmyard rebel against Farmer Jones in the name of equality.
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Pub. Date
2004.
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English
Description
Animal farm: In this satire of the Russian revolution, Manor Farm is transformed into Animal Farm, a democracy proclaiming, "All animals are created equal." After totalitarian rule is re-established, the reality becomes, "But some animals are more equal than others."
1984: The year 1984 has come and gone, yet George Orwells' prophetic nightmare vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic...
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