1984

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eBook, 172 pages

English, Newspeak language

Published Jan. 5, 2021 by AmazonClassics.

ISBN:
978-1-5420-2579-9
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ASIN:
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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.

Also contained in:
Novels (Animal Farm / Burmese Days / Clergyman's Daughter / Coming Up for Air / Keep the Aspidistra Flying / Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Novels (Animal Farm / Nineteen Eighty-Four)

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reviewed 1984 by George Orwell

Une vision prophétique et pessimiste du monde.

Il y a 75 ans paraissait ce roman visionnaire.

Malheureusement
 Car Ă  sa lecture, on se rend bien compte du caractĂšre prophĂ©tique de ce qu’il annonce et que l’on retrouve se mettre en place progressivement dans le monde rĂ©el d’aujourd’hui.

Surveillance de masse, bien sĂ»r. Mais aussi censure de la pensĂ©e, contrĂŽle et appauvrissement de la langue, peur de la dĂ©lation encouragĂ©e, mensonges d’État, falsification et rĂ©Ă©criture de l’Histoire, nĂ©cessitĂ© d’occuper les populations en crĂ©ant des guerres et un ennemi imaginaire commun
 Une machine totalitaire parfaite.

Certes, il existe quelques diffĂ©rences avec notre monde et certains dĂ©tails, qu’ils soient technologiques ou sur des points particuliers. Mais l’acuitĂ© de cette vision et la vitesse avec laquelle on s’y enfonce, sans finalement broncher ou mĂȘme s'en rendre compte, sont effrayantes.

Un roman pessimiste, à relire absolument, en se rappelant de son ñge et en se demandant pourquoi le monde actuel semble inexorablement 


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