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1984

George Orwell

“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”

Part One, Chapter 3

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In a totalitarian superstate watched over by Big Brother, Winston Smith works rewriting history for the Party. When he starts to doubt and to keep forbidden thoughts, he learns the price of wanting to be free.

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