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1984, the graphic novel, George Orwell ; illustrated by Fido Nesti
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  • One of the most influential books of the twentieth century gets the graphic treatment in this first-ever adaptation of George Orwell's 1984. Orwell's best-known work of unrelenting dystopian realism warns against totalitarianism. The story is told from the point of view of Winston Smith, a functionary of the Ministry of Truth whose work involved the "correction" of all records each time the "Big Brother" decided that the truth had changed
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  • eng
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  • fiction
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  • First US edition.
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  • "First published in Brazil as 1984 in 2020"--Title page verso
  • "First published in Great Britain by Penguin Classics as Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Graphic Novel in 2021"--Title page verso
  • Includes full text of Orwell's essay "The principles of Newspeak" (pages 216-222 at end)
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  • 222 pages, chiefly color illustrations, 26 cm
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  • 9780358359920
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