Orwell’s 1984 published June 8, 2017
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Orwell’s 1984 was published on June 8, 1949 in England by Secker & Warburg. The novel was set in the superstate of Oceania and Big Brother was introduced.
First American Edition Cover
published by Harcourt Brace in 1949
From the original review in the New York Times:
“Nineteen Eighty-Four is a work of pure horror, and its horror is
crushingly immediate.”
~Emma
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