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1984
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Audrey
This remains a timeless classic. The writing is brilliant even if a bit dry at times. The story is a way to examine a future life of totalitarianism. With every threat to freedom in the book, you can find an equivalent example in the world today.

The first part shows our main character, Winston, working at his job revising history. This was the most interesting to me. Dictatorships frequently, if not always, manipulate facts and history to support their regimes. Today, history is often portrayed
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Carey
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Really shocked me, definitely a conversation starter considering the world today...see my full review here: http://bookmarkedreadsreviews.blogspo... ...more
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