World News@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years ago

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four returned to Portland library after 65 years

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George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four returned to Portland library after 65 years

World News@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years ago

George Orwell's 1984 returned to Portland library after 65 years

Man returns George Orwell's dystopian novel to library decades late because of its relevance today.

This book and also Brave New World should be on every school curriculum.

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Literally 1984.

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