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1984, George Orwell's last novel was published in june 1949, seven months before his death. The novel with its Big Brother and his totalitarian Party found instant appeal amongst readers facing shortages, government red tape and fear of totalitarianism in their real lives.
The year 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming in timelier than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic of "negative utopia" - a startlingly original and haunting novel that creates and imaginary world that is completely convincing, from the first sentence to the last four words. No on can deny the novel's hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions - a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.
