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This book is certainly worthy of being called a classic. It is easily one of the saddest books I've ever read but well worth going through the depression for the morals it presents. This book serves as a warning of what can happen in an over-involved goverment if ever there was such a warning. Hence the expression "Big brothers watching". I can't imagine having a "classics" shelf without this being on it. I highly recommend it.
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It's a hard book to rate; my response to the content is anger and repulsion...but that's a tribute to the skill of the author..so did I "really like it"? Insofar as one can like a very unpleasant and valuable lesson, yes. And you keep noticing the "1984" crew at work around you all the time after you read this.
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One of my favorite novels of all time! I teach 1984 in my Forms of Literature course.
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