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1984 Setting

“He was in a narrow street, with a few dark little shops, interspersed among dwelling-houses”. (pg. 118 PDF) 

“It was an enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete, soaring up, terrace after terrace, 300 metres into the air.” (pg.6 PDF)

“Winston followed her, he found that they were in a natural clearing, a tiny grassy knoll surrounded by tall saplings that shut it in completely.” (pg. 150 PDF)

“It struck him that the truly characteristic thing about modern life was not its cruelty and insecurity, but simply its bareness, its dinginess, its listlessness.” (pg.141 PDF)

“His heart leapt. Scores of times she had done it: he wished it had been hundreds—thousands. Anything that hinted at corruption always filled him with a wild hope.” (pg.158 PDF)

even though the shut window-pane, the world looked cold. (pg.4 PDF)

Veronica

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