1984 is the year in which it happens. The world is divided into three superstates. In Oceania, the Party’s power is absolute. Every action, word, gesture and thought is monitored under the watchful eye of Big Brother and the Thought Police. In the Ministry of Truth, the Party’s department for propaganda, Winston Smith’s job is to edit the past. Over time, the impulse to escape the machine and live independently takes hold of him and he embarks on a secret and forbidden love affair. As he writes the words ‘DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER’, his personal rebellion begins....

George Orwell’s masterpiece is the definitive dystopian novel and one of the most influential works of the twentieth century.

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Listening Length	12 hours and 19 minutes
Author	George Orwell
Narrator	Andrew Wincott
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Audible.com.au Release Date	05 November 2015
Publisher	Canongate Books Ltd
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B016E6FTR2
Best Sellers Rank	95 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 1 in Dystopian Fiction 1 in Dystopian Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) 1 in Political Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)

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Taylor Sargeant

One of the top books you must read in your lifetime... no thanks

Reviewed in Australia on 15 April 2019

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I have always seen this book around forums or sites in general when looking for a book to read and the "top 100 books to read in your lifetime" etc. I sadly could not get into the book, it wasn't for the writing or how it was written it was just a bit over the top and went straight over my head at some points. Something I'd be happy to skip. I thought the concept was interesting but it took me a long time to read because I wasn't really into the book as I'd like to.

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Steve

Great Read, poor formatting.

Reviewed in Australia on 26 February 2020

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This book will leave you with an unnecessary sense of anxiety at it's end, it is that well written. It bears similar cases of surveillance of the modern age which probably makes it the single most significant piece of fictional literature for us to consider as we delve further into the information age, where our information is everywhere and our personal lives are increasingly more revealed unwillingly. Unfortunately, at the time of writing this review, the formatting of the e-Book from Amazon is pretty abysmal. Incorrect paragraphing, and typo errors plague the e-book.

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TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY-FOUR ?

Reviewed in Australia on 4 May 2017

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I read this book over thirty years ago and have had many an Orwellian moment since. The increasing use of CCTV around the globe, revelations about intelligence agencies hacking smart TV's and computer webcams plus the retention and monitoring of citizens Meta Data ( justified in Government 'Newspeak' " as keeping us safe") and the ongoing and never ending conflicts around the world just show how insightful Orwell was. Reading this story again has underlined to me how relevant Orwell's novel still is today.

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Daniel Alejandro Pazmiño Vernaza

Disturbing

Reviewed in Australia on 13 August 2019

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It made feel very angry to realize that much of what was written in book 50 yesrs ago, is the current reality in many societies. Imagination is very powerful, we should use to imagine a better world.

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Interesting and intense read.

Reviewed in Australia on 19 April 2019

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This book really makes you think. Winston is a complex and intriguing character. Orwell builds a fascinating sense of society.

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Julie O'Shea

A warning for us all

Reviewed in Australia on 19 January 2016

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I have never read 1984 before now! What a bold, insightful, scary view of what could be. And George wrote this back in the 40's! If only he could see how many aspects of the big brother disease has infiltrated our world. He would say "it was a warning, not an instruction manual" (I pinched that line from a FB post I saw a few weeks ago that prompted me to read this). Now will read Animal Farm. XxJ

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Mark Everingham

Enthralling

Reviewed in Australia on 4 September 2018

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Loved the book. Orwell built the scene magnificently and allowed the reader to be engulfed in the world of Oceania and all that entails. The conclusion is a reminder to people everywhere of the folly of blind faith in authority. Beautiful read. You keep forgetting the book being published in 1949.

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Format and adverts within book are a let down...

Reviewed in Australia on 11 October 2020

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Riddled with errors and advertisements which I don't appreciate.
Want to read the book but not with adverts in it... Not able to return or exchange this version this now, even though I haven't read more than 5% of it, disappointing.

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Rakesh Agrawal

Beware, He (not he)! is watching us!

Reviewed in India on 8 September 2018

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A Bihari angarez, Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his penname, George Orwell, wrote this book in 1949, supposedly A satirical description of A totalitarian state. Little did he realize that it will describe India, A so-called democratic state of 2018, so vividly!

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Jonathan L.

Don’t miss out - this is an amazing novel, not a dry political textbook!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 November 2018

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I admit it, I never read 1984 until I was 32. It has a reputation of being a boring mandatory school book on a par with Of Mice And Men and Shakespeare, as a result I never went anywhere near it.

Wow, I was missing out!

Yes, 1984 is a fascinating political treatise... but more importantly it’s a gloriously gripping novel. Characters are relatable, interesting and tragic, you really root for them and invest in what they’re going through. The imagery is evocative and the plot is full of twists and turns despite all of us knowing about Room 101, Big Brother etc from day to day life. I was up all night and read it in one sitting, literally couldn’t put it down.

Don’t make the same mistake I did, don’t ignore it as a ‘boring’ or ‘dry’ - read it!

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Truth Seeker

A Message To Young Readers Who Have Been Assigned This Book

Reviewed in the United States on 17 June 2018

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This is one of the first books I have read more than once. I first read "1984" in 1985 and now for the second time in 2018. The book has remained the same, but both the world and I have not. I cannot begin to convey how genuinely frightening this book is. I am a lover of popular science fiction and am astounded by Orwell's ability to be more compelling, entertaining and engrossing than authors with the benefit of light sabers, phasers and teleportation.

To every young person who has been assigned this book, know that you are reading a literary work of art. Many of you will understand and appreciate it, but if you love literature, please make a mental note to read this again when you are older. Youth brings with it eternal hope, boundless optimism and of course, hormones, so you will find yourself rebelling against the pessimism of the book itself - you will effectively be Winston raging against the machine, hoping, searching, questing for a way out. In short, you will cheat.

But when you get older, have a family, lose loved ones and see some of your dreams unfulfilled - when you witness entire nations and races of peoples born, live and die in brutal squalor - when you reflect on the technological advances made over the decades and gaze, with mouth agape, at how a people can be less advanced, less informed and less enlightened, not despite these innovations, but BECAUSE of them, then you will read 1984 as it was meant to be read...not as a dark, dystopian world you enter when you open the book, but a beautifully brutal warning that, even as you read it, is prophetically coming true around you.

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WanderingMinstrel

I recommend you follow it up with something light and fluffy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 August 2017

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This book gets more chilling each time I read it. Dashcams so we can report each others misdemeanours, erasing history, constant surveillance... it's all coming true...I recommend you follow it up with something light and fluffy.

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NobodyYouKnow

Depressingly relevant today

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 July 2018

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A dystopian future in which a totalitarian regime keeps its citizens under total surveillance. Thought crime, doublespeak, telescreens, depressingly relevant in an age of fake news, identity politics and social media. A brilliantly depressing read from start to finish. Loved it.

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