In this dystopian novel, the protagonist of the story, Winston Smith, attempts to rebel against a totalitarian government that exercises complete control over all aspects of its citizens' lives. It includes selected (8) reading passages...

The complete text of "1984" by George Orwell is available here in PDF format. 1984, which was first released in 1949, is 393 pages pages long.

This unit focuses on the "Journey Motif" using the following works: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, "Shooting An Elephant" by George Orwell, "Journey" by Edna St. Vincent Millay,"Sailing to Byzantium" by William Butler Yeats, "The...

The 1949 New York Times review of "1984" appears here in its entirety. The essay is fascinating for its window on the acceptance of the book by Orwell's contemporaries.