George Orwell's 1984

Description

Anthony Burgess examines Orwell's achievement, starting with the accuracy of his predictions for the future. Burgess shows how the novel 1984 sprang from the main concerns of Orwell's earlier work and suggests that Orwell identified areas in which human freedom has always been, and continues to be, threatened.

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27 min

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Date of Publication

[2007], c1980

Database

Films on Demand

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