Nineteen Eighty-Four (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: George Orwell
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction
- Time of Work: 1984
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Satire, Political fiction, Dystopian fiction
- Subjects: Dictators, Values, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Future, 1980’s, England or English people, Truth, London, Identity, Science fiction, Government, Conformity, Totalitarianism, Brainwashing
- Locales: London, England, Airstrip One (future), Oceania (mythic)
Places Discussed
*London. Capital of a future (from the perspective of 1949, when George Orwell wrote the book) political unit called Airstrip One in the superstate Oceania that is the setting for the novel. London’s skyline is dominated by four government ministries, whose enormous bulk and tasteless architecture distinguish them from the surviving historical structures surrounding them. Residential sectors of the city segregate members of the unnamed Party from proles (“proletarians”), but both Proles and Outer Party members live in crumbling tenement buildings that are...
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