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Published in 1924 after the Russian Revolution, "We" is an early dystopian novel that influenced Orwell's "1984", and Huxley's "Brave New World". It is set a thousand years in the future in the totalitarian OneState where people are identified by numbers instead of names, and wear identical uniforms. OneState is ruled by the Benefactor, and the Guardians spy on the citizens who live in superglass apartments. The only time the blinds can be drawn is during assigned hours for sexual activity. OneS
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There is no question that Orwell took inspiration from this book for 1984, and its claustrophobic atmospheres, despite all the glass, have profoundly influenced quite a bit of subsequent dystopian literature, whether it has to do with handmaidens or is about walls. The book is written in a fragmentary way and could even be compared to a descent into psychosis if it were not so linear in its plot. I would have preferred to read it at a time when the world was better, but then I would have waited
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