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Animal Farm
One midsummer night the animals of the Manor Farm drive out their drunken owner, burn the whips and harnesses, and paint seven commandments on the barn wall, ending with the plainest: all animals are equal. The pigs, being cleverest, take charge of the reading and the writing. Then five buckets of milk go missing —…
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1984
Winston Smith, thirty-nine, works in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth, rewriting old newspapers so the Party’s every prediction proves correct. The telescreen in his flat watches him back and cannot be switched off. In its one blind spot he opens a beautiful cream-papered book and begins a diary. Nothing is illegal anymore…
