1984

9 hrs. 31 min.

Language Russian

Author George Orwell

Narrator Alexander Klyukvin

Description

What happens if fascist and dictatorial ideas spread among those in power? What will society become like if authority demands unwavering obedience? To what catastrophe will such a regime lead? In the state of Oceania, citizens have no rights, which means the party’s power is absolute. The heroes’ everyday life takes place under fear and constant shocks. Here, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of choice, freedom of love—and even freedom of thought—are erased. It’s impossible to disrupt the order, because the Big Brother watches everyone.

The horrors of the state machine’s crimes were recorded by George Orwell in his main work, “1984.” This warning novel about the danger of totalitarianism became one of the best-known anti-utopias of the 20th century—standing alongside Zamyatin’s “We,” Huxley’s “Brave New World,” and Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451.”