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'''''Darkness at Noon''''' (Original title ''Sonnenfinsternis'') is a [[dystopian]] novel by [[Arthur Koestler]]. The novel tells the story of Rubashov, a 1917 Revolutionary who is arrested and tried for treason by the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] government during the Moscow Show trials of 1938.
'''''Darkness at Noon''''' (Original title ''Sonnenfinsternis'') is a [[dystopian]] novel by [[Arthur Koestler]]. The novel tells the story of Rubashov, a 1917 Revolutionary who is arrested and tried for treason by the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] government during the [[Great Purge|Moscow Show trials of 1938]].
The novel vividly describes the horror of the [[Stalinist]] purges, and served as an inspiration for [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''. Orwell also wrote an essay on the novel, titled "Arthur Koestler".<ref>http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/o/orwell/george/o79e/part21.html</ref>
The novel vividly describes the horror of the [[Stalinist]] purges, and served as an inspiration for [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''. Orwell also wrote an essay on the novel, titled "Arthur Koestler".<ref>http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/o/orwell/george/o79e/part21.html</ref>