Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal.
When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent – even in the mind.
Nineteen Eight-Four is George OrwellÂ’s terrifying vision of a totalitarian future in which everything and everyone is slave to a tyrannical regime.