1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four

One of the BBC’s ‘100 Novels That Shaped Our World’. HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. Big Brother is Watching You. Winston Smith rewrites history. Its his job. Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, he helps the Party, and the omnipresent Big Brother, control the people of Oceania. But the notebook hes begun to write in is against the rules in fact, the Thought Police could arrest him simply for having it. Despite the danger, a seed of rebellion has begun to grow in Winstons heart one that could have devastating consequences. In George Orwells final novel, he explores a dystopian future in which a totalitarian government controls the actions, thoughts and even emotions of its citizens. Its lasting popularity is testament to Orwells powerful prose, and is a passionate warning for today.