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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]].  

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 since it was published in June 1949''. Orwell died 7 months later.

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 since it was published in June 1949''. Orwell died only seventh months later.

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>