Vous voulez voir cette page en français ? Cliquez ici.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
30 used & new from CDN$ 7.23
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Nineteen Eighty Four
 
 
Share your own customer images
Search inside this book

Nineteen Eighty Four (Paperback)

by George Orwell (Author) "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen ..." (more)
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,035 customer reviews)
List Price: CDN$ 12.99
Price: CDN$ 11.69 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details
You Save: CDN$ 1.30 (10%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
Usually ships within 4 to 6 weeks.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. Gift-wrap available.

19 new from CDN$ 7.23 11 used from CDN$ 9.62

Frequently Bought Together

Nineteen Eighty Four + Animal Farm + The Catcher in the Rye
Total List Price: CDN$ 32.48
Price For All Three: CDN$ 30.08

Some of these items ship sooner than the others. Show details

  • This item: Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell

    Usually ships within 4 to 6 weeks.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details

  • Animal Farm by George Orwell

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details

  • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

by George Orwell
4.4 out of 5 stars (870)  CDN$ 9.89
Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury
4.1 out of 5 stars (974)  CDN$ 7.99
Brave New World & Brave New World Revisited

Brave New World & Brave New World Revisited

by Aldous Huxley
4.4 out of 5 stars (21)  CDN$ 15.33
Catch-22

Catch-22

by Joseph Heller
4.5 out of 5 stars (623)  CDN$ 13.86
The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye

by J.D. Salinger
4.2 out of 5 stars (2,322)  CDN$ 8.50
› Explore similar items

Product Details

Product Description

From Amazon.com

Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


From AudioFile

Orwell's best-known work of unrelenting dystopian realism warns against totalitarianism. Reader Richard Brown's stern, didactic rendering of narrative passages successfully captures Orwell's hard-bitten cynicism. Unfortunately, Brown is less successful interpreting dialogue. He falls back too readily on stock voices: breathy heroines, smarmy villains, squealing children. Such characterizations detract markedly from the brooding tone so carefully set by the narration and break the listener's suspension of disbelief. Though Orwell's tales are allegorical, they're also deadly serious. Though his characters are bloated and distorted, they should never be played for laughs. S.J.L. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
See all Product Description
Inside This Book (Learn More)
First Sentence
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
(3)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(1)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What do customers ultimately buy after viewing this item?

Nineteen Eighty Four
53% buy the item featured on this page:
Nineteen Eighty Four 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,035)
CDN$ 11.69
Nineteen Eighty Four
25% buy
Nineteen Eighty Four 4.7 out of 5 stars (3)
CDN$ 9.89
Animal Farm
9% buy
Animal Farm 4.4 out of 5 stars (870)
CDN$ 9.89
Fahrenheit 451
7% buy
Fahrenheit 451 4.1 out of 5 stars (974)
CDN$ 7.99
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

1,035 Reviews
5 star:
 (791)
4 star:
 (139)
3 star:
 (49)
2 star:
 (22)
1 star:
 (34)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.6 out of 5 stars (1,035 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most helpful customer reviews

 
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Any praise is too little., Jun 22 2004
By Joshua N. Mitchell (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: Nineteen Eighty Four Centennial Edition (Paperback)
It's nearly impossible to overstate the importance of this book. In all the discussion about its influence on modern thought, however, the fact that it's a fantastically good read is often overlooked. Orwell's characters are crisply drawn and the world they inhabit startlingly real.

Certainly it's one of the most important novels of the 20th century; just don't forget that it's also one of the best.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Deviates corrected for their own good, Jun 10 2004
By bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
(TOP 50 REVIEWER)   
This review is from: Nineteen Eighty Four Centennial Edition (Paperback)
In a society that has eliminated many imbalances, surplus goods, and even class struggle, there are bound to be deviates; Winston Smith is one of those. He starts out, due to his inability to doublethink, with thoughtcrime. This is in a society that believes a thought is as real as the deed. Eventually he graduates through a series of misdemeanors to illicit sex and even plans to overthrow the very government that took him in as an orphan.
If he gets caught, he will be sent to the "Ministry of Love" where they have a record of 100% cures for this sort of insanity. They will even forgive his past indiscretions.

Be sure to watch the three different movies made from this book:
1984 (1954) Peter Cushing is Winston Smith
1984 (1956) Edmond O'Brien is Winston Smith
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) John Hurt is Winston smith

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Animal Farm for Adults, April 23 2004
By J. R. Veber (Salem, OR United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: Nineteen Eighty Four Centennial Edition (Paperback)
Well, not exactly Animal Farm, but the same themes are pushed to their maximum logical end. Orwell writes of a government bent on controlling the people that obviously stems from a comunist base. his stark future is frighteningly belivable and his characters are human to a fault. they live fictiotuious lives to the best of their abilities. they are individuals in a see of conformity no matter what the goverment may say.
The book makes the reader aware of any numerous ways that people can be controlled. After reading it, any action heard taken by the government becomes suspect. As good literature should, it demands the reader superimpose the book onto daily life and do all they can to prevent such a future.
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 		 Most recent customer reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Such a Powerful Book on State Control
George Orwell's "1984" is such a powerful read, and a fascinating look into the world where one is under control of the State through the "Big Brother. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Zadius Sky

5.0 out of 5 stars A deep insight into the rule of a fascist state
A powerful book, that eerily depicts the direction the world is going where truth is shunted and lies are promoted by all the mainstream media. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Aeneas

5.0 out of 5 stars A forgotten warning from history
1984 has always been my favorite book, and yet I did not know why until recently. I also knew that the reviews and commentary I had read were missing something important... Read more
Published on Oct 25 2007 by Harrison Koehli

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Prophetic
I used this book for a novel study project that started out as comparison of the technology in 1984 and the world as we know it now. Read more
Published on Jun 10 2007 by m

4.0 out of 5 stars Not your average classic
Forget about the actual date and/or title of the book. You have to take into consideration when this was written and what Orwell thought 1984 was going to be like. Read more
Published on Jan 28 2007 by H. MIller

5.0 out of 5 stars Freedom is Slavery
George Orwell, whose real name is Eric Blair, was born in India in 1903. He served in Burma with the India Imperial Police and spent the end of the 1920s living in Paris. Read more
Published on Jan 26 2007 by Craobh Rua

5.0 out of 5 stars The kind of distressing book you NEED to read...
Eric Arthur Blair was an important English writer that you probably already know by the pseudonym of George Orwell. Read more
Published on Jan 10 2007 by bel_78

5.0 out of 5 stars Strange fruit
This book is not a created fantasy. This book has a lot more merit than is first thought. The patterns of a global governemnt coming into power is not very difficult to see. Read more
Published on Jan 1 2007 by Amnesia girl

5.0 out of 5 stars A grim warning

This is a story that, unfortunately, seems to be slowly coming true. Many science fiction titles are escapist literature that either imagine a very different world(s) from... Read more
Published on Oct 6 2006 by Mark Wakely

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent must-read classic.
This is an excellently well written story of a meek rebel who's against the governement. It's hard to believe that it was published in 1948; it seems much more recent. Read more
Published on Sep 27 2006 by Edgar

Only search this product's reviews


Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject















i.e., each book must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.