George Orwell’s '1984' is no exception. In fact, there are several ways in which his novel has come true in our modern society, even though the book was published in 1949.

For Orwell, the ways in which people are dominated and controlled is not through pleasure but through pain. 1984, in many ways, is a very graphic tale of someone’s torture and eventual breakdown.

The OBR's bleak futurism prompted writer Paul Baldwin to make a few predictions of his own, with Orwell's 1984 re-imagined as ...

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Americans still read George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” 75 years after it was first published on June 8, 1949. At the time, the year 1984 was far in the future — now it’s 40 years ...

National Archives via Wikimedia Commons Orwell wrote 1984 while battling tuberculosis on the Isle of Jura in Scotland, aware that his condition was deteriorating as he wrote the novel, Taylor says.

Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Author George Orwell’s estate has reportedly given the green light to allow an author to "retell" the classic novel "1984" from a feminist perspective.

Story at a glance American writer Sandra Newman got the greenlight from George Orwell’s estate to craft a feminist retelling of “1984.” Newman’s book, entitled “Julia,” tells the story ...