The perfect edition for any Orwell enthusiasts' collection, discover the classic dystopian masterpiece beautifully reimagined by renowned street artist Shepard Fairey Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities.

Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent - even in the mind. For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101.

. . First published in 1949, 1984 is George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian future in which everything and everyone is slave to a tyrannical regime.

'Right up there among my favourite books . . .

I read it again and again' Margaret Atwood 'More relevant to today than almost any other book that you can think of' Jo BrandCOMPLETE THE TRIO WITH SHEPARD FAIREY'S NEW-LOOK ANIMAL FARM AND DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON.

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George Orwell

WHY WOULD YOU READ 1984?
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen” – 1984, an opening line setting the tone for the rest of the novel: somewhere between the ordinary and the extraordinary. Through the story of Winston Smith, George Orwell’s 1984 remains a classic that shakes people to their core. Even though the story takes place in the fictional state of Oceania, it feels eerily familiar and close by tackling themes such as propaganda, misinformation and the devaluation of love and empathy. What makes 1984 so disturbing is not spectacle, but its quiet cruelty: the slow erosion of memory, language and intimacy under constant surveillance. It is a novel that does not only warn, but also unsettles, particularly for readers seeking a classic that exposes how fragile truth and humanity become when power goes unchecked.