It is not merely that we are not allowed to be truthful, but that we are compelled to be dishonest.
— George Orwell Modern

1984, Animal Farm

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Nineteen Eighty-Four

Date / Period

1949

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Controversial

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1984/1984-h/1984-h.htm

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