Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

September 19, 2014 by Christina

Fiction — audiobook. Read by Frank Muller. Recorded Books, 1986. Originally published 1949. 9 hours, 48 minutes. Library copy. Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two makes four. Yet in the city of London located in Airstrip One (formerly known as Great Britain) — a province of the superstate Oceania (formerly known as the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom) — men and women are denied that freedom by a political system called English Socialism, also known as […]

Categories: 2014 Reads, AP Literature, Audiobook, Classics, Classics Club, Dystopia, Europe, Fiction, United Kingdom • Tags: Frank Muller, George Orwell

Animal Farm by George Orwell

July 21, 2009 by Christina

Fiction — print. Signet Classics, 1956. Originally published 1946. 128 pgs. Received from PaperBackSwap. Animal Farm is, hands down, one of my favorite books. In fact, my copy is missing the back cover; it fell off somewhere between reread number eleven and twelve. I was introduced to Orwell’s most popular work during my sophomore year of high school, and it’s because of Animal Farm that I found the real beauty in symbolism that smacks you in the face or is subtly […]

Categories: 101 Great Books, 2009 Reads, Animals, Classics, Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Reread • Tags: George Orwell