Nineteen Eighty-Four

Hidden away in the Record Department of the Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party.

Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother.

In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with fellow worker Julia, but soon discovers the nightmare that awaits him in Room 101..."Right up there among my favourite books". (Margaret Atwood). "The book of the twentieth century...haunts us with an ever-darker relevance". ("Independent"). Samuel West reads George Orwell's classic novel of a terrible dystopian world - complete and unabridged.