It’s not the first, might not be the best, but George Orwell’s 1984 might be the best known dystopian novel. Orwell had a hatred of totalitarianism of any kind and many of his later works (including the novella Animal Farm) dealt with issues surrounding communism while focusing on his socialism. He, unlike other socialists at the time, made a distinction between the socialism he believed in and the communist government in Russia. His adventures during the Spanish Civil War greatly influenced his beliefs and directly lead to his most famous stories. So, let’s see what was supposed to happen in 1984.

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