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Burmese Years
"The Burmese Years" is George Orwell's first full-length novel with autobiographical characteristics. It describes the changing and turbulent fate of a group of small people in the context of the great changes of the times. The story takes place in Myanmar under the colonial rule of the British Empire from the end of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century. Two main lines run through it: one is the overt and covert struggle between the protagonist Flory (a British timber merchant
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1984
In "1984", the world is divided between three superpowers. The wars between the three countries continue. The internal social structure of the countries is completely broken. They all implement highly centralized rule and suppress people's thoughts and instincts by extreme means such as changing history, changing language, and breaking up families. The story describes the process in which the protagonist Winston, a peripheral party member of Oceania's "Ministry of Truth" who is engaged in falsif
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Animal Farm
"Animal Farm" is another masterpiece handed down by the famous British writer George Orwell, and is as famous as "1984". It tells the story of an animal revolution led by pigs on an estate in England. The author is extremely influential, and his influence is not limited to the literary world. Words such as "Big Brother", "Newspeak" and "Doublethink" created by Orwell in his novels have all been included in English dictionaries; and new words such as "Orwellism" and "Orwellian" derived from his n
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Dystopian Novel (All Three Volumes)
"We": The unified country in the 26th century is a totalitarian country. Everyone has only a number, no name, lives in a completely transparent glass house, wears the same uniform, eats chemical food, enjoys a rationed sex life, and is ruled by an all-powerful "benefactor" who never changes. Political police are everywhere, and happiness and freedom are incompatible. But totalitarianism cannot extinguish the glory of human nature. Here, people's pursuit of freedom has never stopped... "1984": As
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1984 (Dystopian Trilogy)
★George Orwell's most classic masterpiece ★The most famous dystopian and anti-totalitarian political allegory novel in the world of literature "1984" is a great political fable. In 1984, the world was divided between three superpowers. Wars continued between the three countries, and the internal social structures of the countries were completely broken. They all implemented highly centralized rule, using extreme means such as changing history, changing languages, and breaking up families to supp
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1984
In a totalitarian society called "Oceania", the four departments of the party are named the Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Harmony, the Ministry of Charity, and the Ministry of Enriching the People. However, all this country has is falsehood, war, cruelty and poverty. "Electronic screens" are everywhere, monitoring people's every move 24 hours a day, even the most private sexual life. People are not allowed to have any private hobbies, they can only love "Big Brother" - the leader of this co
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Animal Farm
"It is a history of revolution, but it goes astray, and every deviation is justified." The author said this when the book was published in 1945. "Animal Farm" tells the story of a group of animals on the farm who successfully carried out a "revolution", driving out Jones, the human farmer who had been exploiting them, from the farm, and established an equal animal society without oppression and exploitation. However, their new animal leaders, the pigs, eventually suit up and usurp the fruits of
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