1984
Orwell's dystopian masterpiece depicts a totalitarian future where the Party controls reality itself through surveillance, propaganda, and language manipulation. Through protagonist Winston Smith's doomed rebellion, the novel explores themes of truth, power, individuality, and resistance. Its concepts of doublethink, thoughtcrime, and Big Brother have become part of our cultural vocabulary.
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