Nineteen Eighty-Four

Written during George Orwell’s final battle with tuberculosis and published shortly before his death, this novel is a work of intense, claustrophobic power—described by Clute and Nicholls as possessing a “hectic, devilish” energy and a “nightmarish” narrative. In 2005, Time magazine named it one of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923, and it was also included in the Modern Library’s list of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century. Quite simply, it is a novel that has changed the world.