Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell ยท 1949
How long does it take to read Nineteen Eighty-Four?
About 6 hours 22 minutes
318 pages at 50 pages an hour. 13 days at 30 minutes a day. Work out your own time.
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair). It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modelled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated.
How long does it take to read Nineteen Eighty-Four?
Nineteen Eighty-Four is 318 pages, so it takes about 6 hours 22 minutes to read at an average pace of 50 pages an hour. A relaxed reader at 35 pages an hour needs about 9 hours; a fast reader at 70 pages an hour, about 4 hours 33 minutes.
How many days to read Nineteen Eighty-Four at 20 minutes a day?
About 20 days, reading 20 minutes a day at 50 pages an hour.
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