Try free for 30 days
-
1984
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
Add to basket failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from Wish List failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
1984
Buy Now for $30.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Buy it with
-
Animal Farm
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 937
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 810
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 813
Animal Farm is George Orwell's great socio-political allegory set in a farmyard where the animals decide to seize the farmer's land and create a co-operative that reaps the benefits of their combined labours. However, as with all great political plans, some animals see a bigger share of the rewards than others and the animals start to question their supposed utopia.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Classic book, weird music
- By Vivienne on 23-01-2019
-
Fahrenheit 451
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Tim Robbins
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,116
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,007
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,000
Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family."
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
great story poorly presented
- By Richard Try on 11-05-2015
-
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- By: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,483
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,073
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,071
One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be more than he can cope with.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Not the original book, story changed quite a lot.
- By Damian M. on 06-05-2020
-
Brave New World
- By: Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: Michael York
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,606
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,400
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,394
When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity.
Cloning, feel-good drugs, anti-aging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media: has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller's genius, he weaves these ethical controversies in a compelling narrative that dawns in the year 632 A.F. (After Ford, the deity). When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Classic.
- By Anonymous User on 07-02-2019
-
Lord of the Flies
- By: William Golding
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 610
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 527
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 524
A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys’ delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Old memories
- By Janette on 05-05-2019
-
To Kill a Mockingbird
- By: Harper Lee
- Narrated by: Sissy Spacek
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,896
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,695
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,684
'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the '30s.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Transported to the wold of Scout and Jem.
- By Frances on 18-05-2015
-
Animal Farm
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 937
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 810
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 813
Animal Farm is George Orwell's great socio-political allegory set in a farmyard where the animals decide to seize the farmer's land and create a co-operative that reaps the benefits of their combined labours. However, as with all great political plans, some animals see a bigger share of the rewards than others and the animals start to question their supposed utopia.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Classic book, weird music
- By Vivienne on 23-01-2019
-
Fahrenheit 451
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Tim Robbins
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,116
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,007
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,000
Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family."
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
great story poorly presented
- By Richard Try on 11-05-2015
-
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- By: Douglas Adams
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,483
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,073
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,071
One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be more than he can cope with.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Not the original book, story changed quite a lot.
- By Damian M. on 06-05-2020
-
Brave New World
- By: Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: Michael York
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,606
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,400
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,394
When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity.
Cloning, feel-good drugs, anti-aging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media: has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller's genius, he weaves these ethical controversies in a compelling narrative that dawns in the year 632 A.F. (After Ford, the deity). When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Classic.
- By Anonymous User on 07-02-2019
-
Lord of the Flies
- By: William Golding
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 610
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 527
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 524
A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys’ delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Old memories
- By Janette on 05-05-2019
-
To Kill a Mockingbird
- By: Harper Lee
- Narrated by: Sissy Spacek
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,896
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,695
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,684
'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the '30s.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Transported to the wold of Scout and Jem.
- By Frances on 18-05-2015
-
King Richard III
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh, Geraldine McEwan, Nicholas Farrell, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
Written in 1593, King Richard III is one of Shakespeare's earliest plays. This play differs from its predecessors, being amore structured piece, examining the development and motivations of a single character, Richard Duke of Gloucester, who will stop at nothing to gain control of the throne occupied by his brother Edward IV.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Very helpful
- By LYNN JENNINGS on 04-03-2019
-
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
- By: Marvin Casper - editor, John Baker - editor, Chögyam Trungpa, and others
- Narrated by: Jim Gimian
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41
In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa highlights the commonest pitfall to which every aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he calls spiritual materialism. The universal tendency, he shows, is to see spirituality as a process of self-improvement - the impulse to develop and refine the ego when the ego is, by nature, essentially empty. "The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use," he said, "even spirituality."
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Incredible
- By Blair on 19-10-2017
-
Crime and Punishment
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Narrated by: Constantine Gregory
- Length: 22 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 434
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 393
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 392
A century after it first appeared, Crime and Punishment remains one of the most gripping psychological thrillers. A poverty-stricken young man, seeing his family making sacrifices for him, is faced with an opportunity to solve his financial problems with one simple but horrifying act: the murder of a pawnbroker. She is, he feels, just a parasite on society. But does the end justify the means? Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov makes his decision and then has to live with it.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
One of the greatest literary feats
- By Georgeorges on 28-07-2020
-
Brave New World (Dramatized)
- By: Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: Aldous Huxley
- Length: 1 hr
- Original Recording
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 20
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
The CBS Radio Workshop was an experimental series of productions, subtitled "radio's distinguished series to man's imagination" that ran between 27 January 1956 and 22 September 1957. The premiere production was Brave New World, narrated by Huxley himself, with a complicated sound-effects score that evidently took a long time to construct, and comprised a ticking metronome, tom-tom beats, bubbling water, an air hose, a cow's moo, an oscillator, and three kinds of wine glasses clicking together.
-
The Gulag Archipelago
- By: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Narrated by: Jordan B. Peterson, Ignat Solzhenitsyn
- Length: 23 hrs and 28 mins
- Highlights
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 792
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 683
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 681
A vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and interrogators but also of everyday heroism, The Gulag Archipelago is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's grand masterwork. Based on the testimony of some 200 survivors, and on the recollection of Solzhenitsyn's own 11 years in labour camps and exile, it chronicles the story of those at the heart of the Soviet Union who opposed Stalin, and for whom the key to survival lay not in hope but in despair.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Must listen!
- By Callum on 28-06-2019
-
Catch 22
- By: Joseph Heller
- Narrated by: Trevor White
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 535
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 479
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 480
At the heart of Joseph Heller's best-selling novel, first published in 1961, is a satirical indictment of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Brilliant!
- By Stuart on 15-02-2015
-
Dune
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,623
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,938
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,941
Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Poor performance of an exceptional book
- By Ben Scott on 22-07-2015
-
Henry IV, Part One
- Henry IV, Part One (Dramatized)
- By: William Shakespeare
- Narrated by: Julian Glover, Jamie Glover, Full Cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Father and son Julian Glover and Jamie Glover star as King Henry and his son Hal in this powerful production, which also stars Timothy West and Prunella Scales. BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly-formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard.
-
The George Orwell Complete Collection
- 1984; Animal Farm; Down and Out in Paris and London; The Road to Wigan Pier; Burmese Days; Homage to Catalonia; Essays; and More
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Peter Noble, Leighton Pugh, and others
- Length: 87 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 5
This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of all George Orwell's greatest works: six novels, three books of non-fiction, a collection of his most well-renowned essays and the complete collection of his poetry.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
a marvel
- By PJ Hornhardt on 20-07-2022
-
A Clockwork Orange
- By: Anthony Burgess
- Narrated by: Tom Hollander
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 169
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 145
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 143
In this 1962 classic, a novelistic exploration of modern crime and punishment, Alex is the 15-year-old leader of his gang of "droogs" thriving in the ultraviolent future as prophetically imagined by Burgess. Speaking a bizarre Russian-derived slang, Alex and his friends freely pillage and slash their way across a nightmarish urban landscape until Alex is captured by the judicial arm of the state. He then becomes their prized guinea pig in a scientific program to completely "redeem" him for society.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Outstanding
- By Jonathan D on 27-03-2018
-
12 Rules for Life
- An Antidote to Chaos
- By: Jordan B. Peterson
- Narrated by: Jordan B. Peterson
- Length: 15 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,254
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,069
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,023
Acclaimed clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson has influenced the modern understanding of personality, and now he has become one of the world's most popular public thinkers, with his lectures on topics from the Bible to romantic relationships to mythology drawing tens of millions of viewers. In an era of unprecedented change and polarising politics, his frank and refreshing message about the value of individual responsibility and ancient wisdom has resonated around the world. In this audiobook, he provides 12 profound and practical principles for how to live a meaningful life.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Boring, religious content not openly disclosed.
- By Martin Castilla on 31-07-2018
-
The Handmaid's Tale
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Amy Landecker, Ann Dowd, Bradley Whitford, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,531
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,329
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,322
The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs. Brilliantly conceived and executed, this powerful evocation of 21st-century America gives full rein to Margaret Atwood's devastating irony, wit and astute perception.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Feels like it moves slower than the tv series
- By Anonymous User on 15-07-2019
Publisher's Summary
Big Brother is watching you....
1984 is the year in which it happens. The world is divided into three superstates. In Oceania, the Party’s power is absolute. Every action, word, gesture and thought is monitored under the watchful eye of Big Brother and the Thought Police. In the Ministry of Truth, the Party’s department for propaganda, Winston Smith’s job is to edit the past. Over time, the impulse to escape the machine and live independently takes hold of him and he embarks on a secret and forbidden love affair. As he writes the words ‘DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER’, his personal rebellion begins....
George Orwell’s masterpiece is the definitive dystopian novel and one of the most influential works of the twentieth century.
Critic Reviews
More from the same
What listeners say about 1984
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Johnny
- 14-03-2016
Brilliant read
Fantastic version of the book.. The narrator gave a brilliant performance, really adding to the dreama of the story. Absolutely recommended.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
15 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Nathan
- 01-02-2017
Relevant to this day
A never ending war. False scarcity. A ruling class obsessed with maintaining power for its own sake. Thoughtless and easily manipulated masses. A ever watching security state... War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength... Reality is odder than this fiction.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
14 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Luke
- 03-12-2018
A alarming view into a dystopian future.
This masterpiece had me listening avidly to a possible future that would scare the crap out of anyone. Narration was excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
8 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Shane Connor
- 12-03-2019
This was meant to be a warning, not a guide..
1984 is an insanely relevant novel in this day and age.
WAR IS PEACE.
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY.
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
6 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 16-08-2020
narrating was astounding!
This book is more relevant to today than ever before.
The narrating was one of the best that I have heard across my entire Audible Library.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Jason
- 09-06-2018
Interesting, although slow.
1984 is among the 'must-read' of modern literature, so it was with excitement that I started this book. The narration is outstanding, however my preference of book is more fast-paced than 1984.
The premise of the story and the world which George Orwell created is fascinating and intricately devised. If you prefer action and pace in your books, look elsewhere. If you enjoy delving deeper in to the character's thoughts, than this book might be for you.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Coda Ebejet
- 13-07-2021
Underwhelming
I personally found it hard to finish this book postponing the end over a considerable amount of time, and not due to a lack of interest, but knowing the end wouldn't feel satisfying. In summary all potential stories threads are meaningless, and it's only purpose is to demonstrate the hopeless surroundings through the perspective of a pervert's love story.
Lastly, the political philosophy surrounding the underlining of the story is the only remember thing about this book, but it's incredibly weak. To simplify the message authoritarianism is bad, which no one that's honest would dispute.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 03-10-2019
crap
No good ,boring , slow , complicated bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story2 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 15-06-2021
A classic they say..
I would rather die right now than listen to any more of this dribble. It might not have been so bad if it had a story line. So for the first time in my life I am not finishing a book! I've made it 17 chapters so I've given it a red hot shot. I can't believe all the reviews this book has received! Boring Boring Boring
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 08-05-2019
Very Good
Such a dark story, coupled with excellent ration really engrossed me and I found it actually depressing me. It really makes you think about things and how society has changed and is continuing to change. The narration was excellent and the deep, sort of grim voice of the narrator was perfect for setting the scene of a dark and grotty location. Happy to have listened, and would recommend to anyone...
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- nulli
- 22-04-2017
Brilliant classic.
A timeless classic that's very relevant for our current era of new speak and the like. Faultless narration.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
7 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 25-05-2018
Wincott does an exceptional work.
Must read book and should be there in your library always. It certainly is a classic. What makes it more special his wincott's narration. You can literally experience the fear of the author. The book is timeless because how Orwell predicted it in 1949 and the same can be seen happening now. State surveillance.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Abhinav Goel
- 18-06-2017
Great book
What made the experience of listening to Nineteen Eighty-Four the most enjoyable?
I felt I was with the narrator. Experiencing the pain and horror. Experiencing the thought process. I enjoyed how different the story of this book is.
What other book might you compare Nineteen Eighty-Four to and why?
None so far. This book is pretty unique.
Any additional comments?
I had a great experience reading this.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Clonetrooper
- 07-01-2021
1984 was supposed to be a warning...not a manual
A must read for everybody who wants to know were leftwing and progressive policies will inevitablely lead every society. "Who controls the past, controls the future; who controls the present controls the past". Newspeak, 2 minutes of hate, thought police in form of cancel culture..as I said, this book was supposed to be a warning and not a manual!!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 09-05-2021
5/5 will need to relisten a couple of times
The narrators voice is really nice and clear. The singing and women lines were so cute
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 23-01-2023
A must read!
Unfortunately it feels like we are moving closer and closer each time i read the book.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 30-10-2022
Cool concept, no story
No story, just an explanation about how it came to be.. More of a preaching than I story.
But some very cool concepts!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- madhu
- 29-07-2022
Great book stood test of time
Great book up to 75% of content last 25% dragged too much. Principles relevant even today.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Ádám Marton
- 12-07-2022
Depressing AF but could not stop thinking about it
Somehow I never got to reading the book in 33 years but now I made up for it. The story was amazing, it is trully a masterpiece, no doubt about it. The storyteller was amazing also
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Håkan
- 03-07-2022
Really good. Classic! Must read!
Very good. Good narrator. And a dystopia worth getting into. A must read about regime in a fictional England obsessed with controlling every part of thought and speech.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Draycass
- 28-01-2016
Big Brother is watching you!
If you could sum up Nineteen Eighty-Four in three words, what would they be?
Insightful, Though invoking
Who was your favorite character and why?
There is only one favorite - Winston. Resolute despite adversity. I won't spoil what happens by adding my final thoughts on dear old Winston!
What does Andrew Wincott bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
His vocal quality is perfect for this book! It suits the style and atmosphere of the book. Dark, mysterious and moody.
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Big Brother is ALWAYS watching you!
Any additional comments?
1984 is a thought provoking look at what could be. The date may be long gone, but don't be fooled into thinking that George Orwell's prediction of what might be is long gone! This book has a whole new meaning in light of the Edward Snowden revelations on Mass Surveillance.
The characters are well written and fit perfectly into a descriptive and sterile world.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
50 people found this helpful
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- Lauren
- 05-07-2017
Overrated doesn't begin to cover it.
It's the first time I've got around to 'reading' this highly acclaimed book and I have to say it was a huge disappointment.
Incredibly hard to get through, it's long winded-ness, lack of narrative and apparently pointless minutia had me bored to tears. There is no story.
Yes, it's a brilliant foretelling of the Big Brother state and wide spread surveillance but that's about as far as it goes. Don't expect engaging characters or a gripping story. There are literally hours where the character/narrator reads other books. One to tick off the 'books I should read' list but I'm at a loss as to this book's continued popularity.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
47 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Rory Scanlon
- 05-09-2019
Timeless classic reflects today's politics.
The current restrictions on speech and orthodoxy across the West make this the perfect time to read this book.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
38 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Chris
- 20-12-2016
excellent narration.
the narrator was excellent I'm surprised I've not heard more from this guy. I'd like to hear him with Naresh some sci-fi
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
32 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Ano nymous
- 01-12-2015
Simply Brilliant.
What did you like most about Nineteen Eighty-Four?
This book is shockingly relevant, it resonates so strongly in the modern day. The poignancy of the story and the incredible way it is written makes it a must read for everyone.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Nineteen Eighty-Four?
The description of the Prole women fighting over the pots in the city, Winston believes the sound to be the sound of some kind of uprising only to find that it is simply the women fighting over cheap pots, this just struck me as horribly pertinent after the incidents of 'Black Friday. '
Which character – as performed by Andrew Wincott – was your favourite?
Possibly Obrien is my favourite character, its his harsh personality that really brings the strength to this novel in terms of its authenticity. He makes no attempt to glamourise the rebels enterprise, instead he reflects the frank truth of the matter that in order to effect any change they will have to be brutal and its not going to be easy.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I was gripped all the way through this book, it was long and so I couldn't listen to it all at once- but I sure wanted to!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
32 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Jonny D
- 01-04-2016
A Prophetic look at modern 'Politics of Fear'...
If you could sum up Nineteen Eighty-Four in three words, what would they be?
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!
What about Andrew Wincott’s performance did you like?
Very well read.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes.
Any additional comments?
This is a book everyone should read. It is almost impossible to imagine that it was written in the 1940's, as it is so amazingly accurate in relation to the kind of world we now live in, with the intrusive surveillance, the invasion of privacy, the never ending wars and the constant barrage of self-serving propaganda we are subjected to by our respective Governments. I read this book as a teenager and then listened to it again 30 years later as an audio book. It was only upon the second reading that I truly appreciated its true brilliance. It is one of the most spellbinding books I've ever read, Orwell was undoubtedly a genius and a prophet. If you look around, you can see all that he foretold...and more.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
30 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Cherry
- 18-02-2016
Great stuff..
Andrew Wincott's well spoken yet haunting tone, richly captures Winston's story and elevates it to sound realistic, truthful and emotional in a world where 'reality', 'truth' and 'emotion' do not exist. Of course Orwell's writing is incredible and prophetic, all of this praise goes without saying. However, if you love this, then Down and Out in Paris and London is fantastic, and I would highly recommend it! I've read all of Orwell's works, but I've decided to go through the audio books while studying him again at uni to spice it up a bit, and the theatricality and voice acting really brings something new to each story! Homage to Catalonia next for me!
(One thing I will say was that Wincott's voice was quite slow, so I did speed it up to 1.5)
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
27 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- BlueZen99
- 24-07-2016
Outstanding!
A superb book superbly read. Looking forward to another Orwell book hopefully read by the same narrator.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
26 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Wras
- 16-04-2016
The object of terrorism is terrorism.
"The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is torture. The object of murder is murder. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?”
― George Orwell, 1984
I had not read this book for years but it has been calling me to refresh it in my mind or test it against the reality of the future that never was but that almost is, a book that terrified me when I was young but informed me, inoculated me against accepting the belief that the ends justify the means, that power speaks for me, a book that taught me that the extremes are but reflections of of the desire to control to diminish the individual the singularity of thought or its possibility.
“Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.”
― George Orwell, 1984
If you have not read this book you are missing one of the most influential pieces of modern political thought and the joy of discovering a book that has influenced the english language itself with its existence.
A way of understanding the value of freedom, of defending the right of people to think and express their thoughts even when they insult one's beliefs; a parameter to distinguish what is totalitarian and an affront to the individual and its rights to express them in his or her life down to the most basic human acts like loving in freedom, without culture, religion or party regulating every aspect of your existence.
“Does Big Brother exist?"
"Of course he exists. The Party exists. Big Brother is the embodiment of the Party."
"Does he exist in the same way as I exist?"
"You do not exist.”
― George Orwell, 1984
If you have read it early in your life see how much your life has changed your perspective and how many tricks your memory has played with you. One thing is certain it will not disappoint you in any way.
“Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter; only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“But you could not have pure love or pure lust nowadays. No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred. Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory. It was a blow struck against the Party. It was a political act.”
― George Orwell, 1984
Andrew Wincott is a fantastic reader whose voice resembles Richard Burton adding a frisson to the reading especially when he impersonates O'Brien.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
17 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Lydia Badham
- 19-01-2016
A must read (or listen)
Despite its age, the story is still very relevant today, you can easily relate some of the thoughts in this book with modern day social and political conflicts. I think that it is a book everyone should either read or listen to at some point in their life, it has clearly inspired so many stories and worlds since it was written. The performance was also good, read clearly with an interesting voice that goes well with the dystopian world of 1984 and distinctive voices for all characters.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
17 people found this helpful
