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        1984


        setting

        Fictional East Oceania

        time

        1940s

        language

        English

        region

        Western Europe

        year published

        1949

        page count

        256

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        Winston, Big Brother, Julia

        Rip's impressions

        The Cold War polemicist's doctrine of charlemagne––otherwise a tale of treachery and torture for both the hero and the reader. Unlike many, I did not read this in my youth but, rather, much later. I found it to be a bit boring. Perhaps the extinction of the Cold War has thrown cold water all over it, extinguishing it's once roaring flames of warning about Big Brother. Who knows, as the 21st century becomes more militaristic and invasive in the surveillance of the average person's life, it might be seen as relevant again.

        first line

        It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)

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