Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwellliterary work· published 1949
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Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair). It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modelled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated.
Adaptations (4)
Nineteen Eighty-Four has been adapted 4 times, across television film and film, from 1954 to 2023. The most recent is 1984 (2023).
Nineteen Eighty-Four1954 · television film · 114 min · dir. Rudolph Cartier · IMDb ↗In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
19841956 · film · 90 min · dir. Michael Anderson · IMDb ↗IMDb6.9In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Nineteen Eighty-Four1984 · film · 113 min · dir. Michael Radford · IMDb ↗Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia provide his only measure of enjoyment, but lawmakers frown on the relationship -- and in this closely monitored society, there is no escape from Big Brother.
19842023 · film · 132 min · dir. Diana Ringo · IMDb ↗IMDb4.6In a bleak and oppressive totalitarian society ruled by Big Brother, personal freedoms are nonexistent and surveillance is constant. Art is mocked and destroyed, and imagination is considered a serious illness. In this grim world, a brilliant mathematician engages in a forbidden romance with a colleague and learns about a secret resistance. He is faced with a choice - to join or betray it.
