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Translated with an Introduction and notes by DAVID McDUFF

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George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin Modern Classics) [2013] mass_market HUMUR the Duke of NorthumberlandOne of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' 'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past' Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all seeing telescreens and the watchful