1984 (Illustrated Collector's Edition·slow Reading Series) [A Dystopian Classic in the World's Literary World, One of the Top 100 English Novels in American Time Magazine]

"1984" Is Orwell's masterpiece and a famous dystopian and anti-totalitarian political allegory novel in the world of literature. The novel was written in 1948, and the author turned 48 upside down to become 84 as the title. This book tells the story of an imaginary society that implements highly centralized rule, uses extreme means such as changing history, changing language, and breaking up families to suppress people's thoughts and instincts, uses a "telescreen" with surveillance and listening functions to control people's behavior, and uses personality worship of leaders and hatred of enemies at home and abroad to maintain social operation. Through the life of an ordinary person in this society, Winston Smith, it projects the essence of totalitarianism in real life. Everyone who has experienced or is familiar with such historical events will have a shocking sense of compatibility after watching "1984". It is like a distinct label, which warns the world not to let the darkness in this prophecy become a reality.