1984

by George Orwell | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0452262933 Global Overview for this book
Registered by grizzled of Stockholm, Södermanland Sweden on 9/20/2005
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Journal Entry 1 by grizzled from Stockholm, Södermanland Sweden on Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Synopsis
A Classic: An apocalyptic tale set in a nation ruled by Big Brother, where speech is doctored and thoughts are controlled by totalitarian agents. From the author of Animal Farm and Down and Out in Paris and London.

Journal Entry 2 by grizzled at on Thursday, October 6, 2005

Released 18 yrs ago (10/7/2005 UTC) at

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Bokbytarkorgen, Gnesta Bibliotek

Book Trade Basket, Gnesta Library

Journal Entry 3 by danne89 from Gnesta, Södermanland Sweden on Monday, October 24, 2005
Found it in my public library. I have already read it but my mother is planning to read this copy.

Journal Entry 4 by grizzled from Stockholm, Södermanland Sweden on Wednesday, May 30, 2007
extract from "Raw Spirit" by Iain Banks

"...Jura [Scotland] is a short ferry ride from Port Askaig on Islay's east coast,... the perfect trip will include a visit to the distillery, a look at the house where George Orwell wrote '1984', ...
...we take the rocky road to Barnhill, where George Orwell wrote '1984'. Five deserted, dwelling-free miles of sheer vehicle torture ending in a gentle, shallow glen of rock and heather, stunted trees and newly flowered whin, the rich yellow blossom yet to exhale the buttery coconut scent of early summer. The old, white-painted house forms a shallow U-shape when you include the onetime byres and stables on either side. ...
We are greeted by two honkily suspicious geese - possibly the remains of a flock that was here in Orwell's time - and a view down across the unkempt remains of garden and lawn over a slope-damp meadow of reed and coarse grass to the still bare trees above the rocks and the shining curve of bay. The rugged shore of mainland Argyll lies in the distance under the haze, more an implication that a presence.
George Orwell - Eric Blair, as he was born - came here to write, not die. ... Orwell knew he was unwell, even if he was loath to admit to his friends that he might be suffering from tuberculosis, but the diagnosis was made after he'd come back to Jura following an earlier stay at Barnhill and a subsequent return to London. ...
... he came here with a family of sorts, was involved in the local community and the seasonal tasks of farming life, and had various guests to stay. ...
Peering through the windows at Barnhill, I wonder if he turned his chair and whatever desk or table he wrote on away from the beguiling, ever-changing view to the south, but Orwell seems like the sort of writer, the sort of man, who might have kept the view there to be looked at, and yet still never let himself be distracted by it. ..."

Journal Entry 5 by Kicki91 from Södertälje, Södermanland Sweden on Sunday, May 3, 2009
I found the book in Gnesta, in a café.

I'm going to let it travel on, as soon as possible.

Journal Entry 6 by Kicki91 at Södertälje Centrum in Södertälje, Stockholm Sweden on Sunday, May 3, 2009

Released 14 yrs ago (5/3/2009 UTC) at Södertälje Centrum in Södertälje, Stockholm Sweden

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