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I'm not sure why everyone is so freaked out about this pretty ordinary tale about a door-to-door salesman and his quest for meaning in a brutal work environment. The love affair between Winston and Julia is touching, though I'm not sure why it's so important that she fetishes the vacuum attachments Winston is trying to sell her on their first meeting.
I was rather impressed by Orwell's ability to predict the invention of Creep-Vee, "The Television that Watches You!" (I'm not a big fan, though I k ...more
I was rather impressed by Orwell's ability to predict the invention of Creep-Vee, "The Television that Watches You!" (I'm not a big fan, though I k ...more
Sep 24, 2007
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Nov 29, 2007
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