Harvill Secker

It sounds like you need to cite something. An example of medium of publication is the instrument by which a work is formatted – it isn’t just the written word, but could be any kind of media. It can be print books, websites, electronic books, articles, databases, broadcast, sound recordings, a ballet performance, etc.

London

For 1984, you would fill in each of the pieces of information like this: Orwell, George. 1984. London: Secker and Warburg, 1949.

B: Orwell, George. 1984. New York: Signet Classic, 1950.

1984 is a dystopian novella by George Orwell published in 1949, which follows the life of Winston Smith, a low ranking member of ‘the Party’, who is frustrated by the omnipresent eyes of the party, and its ominous ruler Big Brother. ‘Big Brother’ controls every aspect of people’s lives.

1984 is a terribly unsettling tale. The allegory is none too subtle, and utterly poignant. The prose is a little drab at times, but it fits the mood.

1984 is in fact a lame, boring, and novel that attempts to be philosophical. I say “attempts” because any useful words of philosophy are lost or choked by the presence of Winston, the lame, spine-less main character who seems intent on boring the reader to death. Sadly, it seems Winston failed on that count too.

20 Books Most People Lie About Reading

• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
• 1984 (George Orwell)
• The Lord of the Rings.
• War and Peace.
• Anna Karenina.
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
• David Copperfield.

One of the most common reasons people lie is because they ‘want to appear intellectual, well-read and cultural’. We pretend not to only to read certain books but also to love them. Some people, like me, see other people checking off books on their TBR list, and then pretend to do the same.

So the next time you hear someone use the word Orwellian, pay close attention. And if they use it as an all-purpose word for any ideas they dislike, it’s possible their statements are more Orwellian than whatever it is they’re criticizing. Words have the power to shape thought.