For instance, maybe most importantly, Pynchon's essay uses "Nineteen Eighty- Four's" almost always skipped Appendix, "The Principles of Newspeak," to reverse-engineer a crack of daylight into ...

“Nineteen Eighty-Four” has been adapted as feature films in 1956, directed by Michael Anderson and in 1984 by Michael Radford, which features Richard Burton’s last performance.

The artist thinks the same could be said of “Nineteen Eighty-Four.” “War is presented as peace. Enemies are invented for us. We’re invited to think that black is white, and white is black.

Like the even more celebrated "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949), Orwell's "Animal Farm" — marking its 80th anniversary this month ...

Nineteen Eighty-Four – published 75 years ago, in summer 1949 – depicts an imagined future where the world sees its people surveilled and controlled by three totalitarian states constantly at war.

Though Nineteen Eighty-Four is said to be used in 60,000 classrooms around the world every year, it is a far more subversive book than many high school students or their teachers may realize.

“Nineteen Eighty-Four” has been adapted as feature films in 1956, directed by Michael Anderson and in 1984 by Michael Radford, which features Richard Burton’s last performance.