NOVEL PUBLISHED ON THIS DAY IN 1949

Identifying and collecting first editions

George Orwell’s novel of a dystopian future, 1984, was
published on June 8, 1949. The novel’s all-seeing leader,
known as “Big Brother,” became a universal symbol for
intrusive government and oppressive bureaucracy.

Picture of George Orwell
George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)
(25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950)
    
    

    
 Why George Orwell’s ‘1984’ is such a timeless novel – The Hyperbolit School

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