The Ministry of Truth: The Biography of George Orwell's 1984 is a book-length history of George Orwell's 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four written by Dorian Lynskey and published by Doubleday in 2019.[2]
.jpg) First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Dorian Lynskey |
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| Subject | History of literature |
Publication date | |
| Pages | 368 |
| ISBN | 9780385544054 |
| External videos | |
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 The author discusses the book on Dan Snow's History Hit podcast |
References
editFurther reading
edit- Athitakis, Mark (May 28, 2019). "'Ministry of Truth': Lively history of Orwell's '1984'". Newsday. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- Aaronovitch, David (May 17, 2019). "The Ministry of Truth by Dorian Lynskey review — Orwell in the age of Trump". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460.
- "Big Brother's long afterlife". The Economist. May 23, 2019. ISSN 0013-0613.
- Bisley, Alexander (June 4, 2019). "'Any Attempt to Claim Orwell for the Right Is Dishonest': An Interview With Dorian Lynskey". Pacific Standard. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- Bradfield, Scott (June 13, 2019). "Why '1984' is still relevant today — but not for the reason you may expect". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- Carey, John (May 19, 2019). "The Ministry of Truth by Dorian Lynskey review — why 1984 is not as good as Animal Farm". The Sunday Times. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- Drabble, Margaret (June 4, 2019). "Ministry of brains". The Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- Hogan, Ron (June 8, 2019). "How disease, war and a remote Scottish island inspired George Orwell's '1984'". New York Post. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- Mendes, Lev (June 5, 2019). "The Making of '1984,' George Orwell's Nightmare Vision of a World Without Truth". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- Packer, George (June 8, 2019). "The Unheeded Message of '1984'". The Atlantic. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- Smith, Wendy (June 21, 2019). "Review: How the world of '1984' haunts our present". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286.
- Taylor, D. J. (May 22, 2019). "The Ministry of Truth by Dorian Lynskey review – what inspired Orwell's masterpiece?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
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