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'''''Nineteen Eighty-Four''''' (often republished as '''''1984''''')<ref>The title is spelled out, in words, in the original 1949 editions, both as published in England by Secker and Warburg [http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=87&ti=76,87&Search%5FArg=Orwell%2C%20George&Search%5FCode=NAME%5F&CNT=25&PID=11284&SEQ=20070323140446&SID=1] and in the United States by Harcourt, Brace [http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=86&ti=76,86&Search%5FArg=Orwell%2C%20George&Search%5FCode=NAME%5F&CNT=25&PID=11284&SEQ=20070323140446&SID=1]. It is sometimes presented numerically, in digits – '''''1984''''', in modern reprints and derivative works such as screenplays.</ref>  
 
'''''Nineteen Eighty-Four''''' (often republished as '''''1984''''')<ref>The title is spelled out, in words, in the original 1949 editions, both as published in England by Secker and Warburg [http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=87&ti=76,87&Search%5FArg=Orwell%2C%20George&Search%5FCode=NAME%5F&CNT=25&PID=11284&SEQ=20070323140446&SID=1] and in the United States by Harcourt, Brace [http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=86&ti=76,86&Search%5FArg=Orwell%2C%20George&Search%5FCode=NAME%5F&CNT=25&PID=11284&SEQ=20070323140446&SID=1]. It is sometimes presented numerically, in digits – '''''1984''''', in modern reprints and derivative works such as screenplays.</ref>  
 
is a [[dystopia]]n [[novel]] by [[George Orwell]] about the excesses of [[totalitarian]] regimes and especially of [[Stalinist]] [[communism]].  
 
is a [[dystopia]]n [[novel]] by [[George Orwell]] about the excesses of [[totalitarian]] regimes and especially of [[Stalinist]] [[communism]].  
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The book's working title was ''The Last Man in Europe'', but it was changed at the publisher's suggestion.<ref>It is often suggested that "eighty-four" is a reversal of "forty-eight", the year in which the book was written, but this has never been confirmed.</ref> '''''This novel features the "Ministry of Truth," a prophecy of the "[[Disinformation Governance Board]]" created by [[Leftist]]s and [[Biden]] in 2022 in the [[U.S.]]''''' The government in '''''1984''''' was funded by its lottery ([[gambling]]), and the population was controlled by its false hope.
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The book's working title was ''The Last Man in Europe'', but it was changed at the publisher's suggestion.<ref>It is often suggested that "eighty-four" is a reversal of "forty-eight", the year in which the book was written, but this has never been confirmed.</ref> '''''This novel features the "Ministry of Truth," a prophecy of the "[[Disinformation Governance Board]]" created by [[Leftist]]s and [[Biden]] in 2022 in the [[U.S.]]''''' The government in '''''1984''''' was funded by its lottery ([[gambling]]), and the population was controlled by its false hope. ''30 million copies have sold''.
    
Orwell was influenced by the ideas of the American [[conservative]] [[James Burnham]]'s book ''The Managerial Revolution'',<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21337504 1984: George Orwell's road to dystopia]</ref> which contains many of the same themes and helped to shape the political situation described in ''1984''.  Orwell also found influence in Jack London's novel ''[[The Iron Heel]]'', and Yevgeny Zamyatin's ''[[We]]''.  Even the [[liberal]] [[BBC]] recognizes the brilliance of ''1984'' by ranking it as the #12 greatest [[British]] novel ever.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20151204-the-25-greatest-british-novels</ref>
 
Orwell was influenced by the ideas of the American [[conservative]] [[James Burnham]]'s book ''The Managerial Revolution'',<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21337504 1984: George Orwell's road to dystopia]</ref> which contains many of the same themes and helped to shape the political situation described in ''1984''.  Orwell also found influence in Jack London's novel ''[[The Iron Heel]]'', and Yevgeny Zamyatin's ''[[We]]''.  Even the [[liberal]] [[BBC]] recognizes the brilliance of ''1984'' by ranking it as the #12 greatest [[British]] novel ever.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20151204-the-25-greatest-british-novels</ref>
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