1984

Escrito por George Orwell

Narrado por Antonio Delli

FonoLibro se enorgullece en presentar el audiolibro 1984 de George Orwell.
Todo ocurre en el futurista Londres del año 1984, en Oceanía, la nación que agrupaba todos los pueblos angloparlantes del mundo, el gobierno que imperaba era de índole totalitario, controlado por el Partido y liderado por el Gran Hermano, la figura a quien todos los ciudadanos le deben absoluto respeto y admiración. La sociedad que hace vida en esta realidad; es constantemente adoctrinada, controlada por sistemas de cámaras y micrófonos instalados en todas partes, en la calle, en el campo, en instituciones y hogares. Los habitantes son sometidos a un discurso en marcado en un estado de guerra que nunca acaba. La policía del Pensamiento tiene la responsabilidad de velar por el control total de la nación y llevar a cabo las disposiciones del Partido a cabalidad, arrestando y desapareciendo a quienes se atrevan a demostrar oposición al modelo impuesto. El protagonista es Winston Smith, un funcionario del Ministerio de la Verdad. Trabaja en un departamento encargado de reescribir los acontecimientos del pasado y hacerlos coincidir con los dinámicos y ficticios hechos del presente y futuro. Winston se siente asqueado y agobiado por este sistema, hasta que conoce a Julia, una mujer hermosa y rebelde quien lo inspira a conspirar contra el Partido. Ambos tienen un romance y emprenden una búsqueda por más aliados para la causa en contra del régimen, sin embargo; la Policía del Pensamiento ha infiltrado a muchos agentes y en un descuido son descubiertos, encarcelados, y sometidos a métodos de tortura brutales que terminan afectando y lavando sus cerebros.
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• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Fonolibro Audio
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 29 sept 2021
• ISBN: 9781611543087

George Orwell

George Orwell (1903–1950), the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, was an English novelist, essayist, and critic. He was born in India and educated at Eton. After service with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, he returned to Europe to earn his living by writing. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of 1984 (1949), which brought him worldwide fame. 

Comentarios para 1984

[Sheli Gutoliv · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Me voló la cabeza. Ha sido una lectura refrescante y muy vigente hoy en día.

[trek520-422216 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Depressing

[Eduardo Gama · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Ya dos veces leí el libro, lo que significa que es de mis preferidos. Es la primera vez que decidí escucharlo, inicié con otra producción y estuve a punto de renunciar al audio. Probé con esta narración y resultó gratísima experiencia. Excelente trabajo.

[Martin Alejandro Saavedra · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Increíble, me gustó demasiado
No puedo creer aún la curiosidad que despertó tan buena historia

[Rogelio · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Hoy día se está viviendo 1984 y un poco mas

[Asterion D'Amentia · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Me encantó la narración, la ambientación de la telepantalla de fondo es molesta pero tiene un sentido narrativo significativo, es la molestia de nuestros personajes antes del lavado de coco, y lo podemos compartir así por ello posteriormente cuando lo normalizamos deja de molestar. Ojalá pudieran las mismas voces brindarnos la versión completa del libro !!

[Israel Adame · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Al principio, creí que el libro estaba siendo una traducción, ya después capte que el audio de fondo hace que te ambientes en la ciudad donde se desarrolla la historia. Gran audiolibro, buena narración, entendible, lo disfruté mucho. Buen tiempo invertido.

[Jurethzis Utrera · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Tan buena, que las injusticias te encabronan y no la superas hasta dos meses después. Abajo el Gran Hermano, que se pudra ?️.

Digo esto antes de que me metan a la celda 101 y...

Amo al Gran Hermano ?️. Larga vida al Gran Hermano ?️.

[aug3zimm-1 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

It's been 30 years since I've read this book and I can see why I hadn't had the desire reread it before now. While there are a good number of thought-provoking lines, the overall story is rather unengaging. Winston is an unlikeable character, the relationship with his girlfriend is definitely "insta-love" (which is annoying no matter the genre), and it is never enjoyable (in my opinion) to read a book inside a book - which, in this case, was just an excuse for massive amounts of info dumping. Overall, I find that I much prefer Brave New World for both the horrifying (yet believable) society that is created and the emotional involvement.

[benkaboo-51322 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Summary: A guy living a repressive society starts to ask questions and has to face up to the authorities.

Things I liked:

The more personal reflections of the main character.
The setting was very thorough and painted a chilling view of a possible world view.
Still relevant ideas even though it was written a long time ago.


Things I thought could be improved:

POV was a bit impersonal at times.
Couple of fairly large chunks of exposition felt a bit forced and smug.

Highlight: When he recalls his mother with the chocolate.

[Sr. Pritzel Diseño · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Un libro con perspectivas muy acertadas incluso para la actualidad. La narración es bastante envolvente y entretenida, fue lo que más me gustó.

[amkitty-511462 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

Horrifyingly close to where we are today.

[kellijaebaeli · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

The most depressing and also the most important thing to read, especially now.

[Ramiro Canas · Calificación: 1 de 5 estrellas]

Este audiolibro de FonoLibro tiene muchas fallas en la grabación a lo largo del libro! Interrumpe varias veces la audición lo cual es muy molesto! ?

[mykl8s · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Here in early 2022 I thought I'd only read this polemic novel once, when I was in high school, not so long after it was published. But, I see it is already tagged as revisited. I read it as science fiction, on my own, not as part of an English class, because we never were assigned whole books in Shoshone High School, and not any current literature. This time I read the early two-third, and the very last pages, skipping the torture/re-education/brain-washing section where O'Brien explains to Smith the party's need for power and control over its citizens. Orwell explained his political views and his ideas about the power of language in the appendix to 1984, and in his other writings like his essay, "Politics and the English Language." This is still an important book.

[she_climber · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

I first read this book over 10 years ago and when I saw this audio version was available I was excited to revisit Oceania and how much further we've come to living in a world that George Orwell imagined back in 1949. Sadly, we keep getting closer and closer to fiction become reality. This is not an edge of your sit type of book. It is a slow plod through a dark and dreary time but the similarities to our current world are what pulls you along to your dismay and horror. Peter Noble does a wonderful job with his narration and really helps to suck you into Winston's world. Many thanks to #NetGalley and Dreamscape Audio for providing me with a copy of this audiobook in exchange for my honest review.

[dairyqueen84 · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Such a disturbing, timely book.

[drt_4 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Nineteen eighty-four by George Orwell 2:07:15. Chapter 7Why I picked this book up: In added this to my reading list. As I read it I have heard “big brother is watching” and “ that is Orwellian” for years and did not really know from where they came/meant. Thoughts: getting more into societal and political issues over the last few years, this book’s concepts were interesting to me. With the more leftist concepts, changes in vocabulary, government control over its citizens I’m glad I picked this book up. "War is peace" refers to the idea that by placing the nation in a constant state of war, individuals are motivated to ignore their discontent with their government, thus ensuring an unending domestic peace. "Freedom is slavery" refers to the fact that absolute freedom can lead to a life pursuing pleasure. "Ignorance is strength" can be understood as being similar to "ignorance is bliss." If one is not concerned with truth, one's existence assumes an unreflective contentment. Wealth, poverty, double-think, the change in war, society changes, superstates, psychologists observation of facial expression and how the wars worked and how people cannot think on their own, labor camps called joy camps, ministry of love is where people are tortured. Why I finished this read:I finished it because it was “double good.” I wanted to know what would come of the thought police, the hypocrisy of the love they had and the Junior Anti-Sex League she was part of. Since the Covid 19 outbreak there was a lot of control issues, mandatory vaccination to work, many people arguing over our decision to get vaccinated or not, being accused of not caring about peoples grandparents lives, etc., this book had a lot of similarity’s to 1984. In the USA, I have seen language changing meaning. Seeing things change so drastically. Rules I had as a kid, I knew we do t do that sort of thing, is now the opposite and the “bad stuff” is now applauded. This book was so insightful, I rated this book as a 5 out of 5 stars

[josephty1 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Censorship is well explained.

[et.carole · Calificación: 2 de 5 estrellas]

A thought-provoking classic that everyone should read. I understand why all three parts are necessary, but I think the first two have a story in and of themselves.

[TecunUman Tonatiu · Calificación: 1 de 5 estrellas]

Por favor de chequear este audio libro tiene un sonido de fondo, se escucha otro diálogo, entre las pausas que se torna molesto!!

[lorimpalmer · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Audio Version - Very well read/narrated.

For such a time as this....
While some descriptions could have been left out, the overall book is an eye opener as to what might be in the future....and not so distant...

[fionaanne · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

I know I read this as a teenager but I don't remember it. World-building is great obvs, but there are so many nit-picky things that bugged me about pacing and flow.

[mbmackay · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

I thought I was re-reading a classic from my youth, but I was amazed to find that this was the first time I had read the book, It has such a place in the culture and literature of the 20th century, that I had absorbed so much that I thought I had read it!Its a tough read - bleak, bleak, bleak. But what images Orwell weaves! He paints an unforgettable picture of what life could be like. The book is so relevant in the 21st century. When leaders dismiss as "fake news" over anything discomforting to them, regardless of the truth or otherwise, 1984 rings true. When state actors manage the online conversation - burying bad news and promoting/generating content to move opinion, 1984 rings true.It's all very depressing.

[the_literary_jedi · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

As an HS English teacher, I've read this book every year for the past 3-4 years. I first read it in HS myself - not for a class but for leisure because my 12th grade AP English class was a bit of a letdown.So, what's to say about this AMAZING book? It's a classic 5-star read every time for me. I am still blown away by the simple way Orwell conveyed the dystopia and sense of longing in his characters. The hopelessness between Winston, the Party, and what he actually believes. The imagining of a society so totally demolished by constant warfare, propaganda, constant government surveillance, and historical negation. Not to mention trying to figure out the doublethink the first time! One of my favorite in-class activities is one involving doublethink and Newspeak where the students have to interpret things...hilarious and frightening at once!New readers may find this difficult to get into simply because the protagonist, Winston, is a much older character. If he were a younger man, they might connect more but it would also negate the emotional and psychological punch Orwell was getting at; especially with an older character who remembers the 'days gone past.'It's literally one of those books that set the genre and a classic not to be missed. It also has a movie adaptation that is phenomenal starring John Hurt as Winston. [1984; d. Michael Radford, drama/sci-fi, R, 1:53m; released Dec.1984]*All thoughts and opinions are my own.*

[krosero-766800 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

For many years I was reluctant to read "1984" because I thought it was "good for me," like medicine. I anticipated merely a dreary exposition of an oppressed society not worth living in. I'd also seen the British movie released in the year 1984, which was good, but dreary, as I remembered it.

But then I discovered "1984" to be a very human novel. Its love story is unsentimental but moving, because it's the only human thing in the entire environment. And though the story is inescapably political, I found it especially challenging as an examination of human nature. It is the kind of book that delves so unflinchingly with cruelty and evil that it's hard to put down but also difficult to endure. It will leave you shattered; a truly great work.

[reader1009-863136 · Calificación: 2 de 5 estrellas]

I was enjoying this OK until the pretty brunette that Winston happened to have his eye on (but had never exchanged more than a glance with, much less actual words) bumped into him one day and immediately proclaimed her love for him. Granted, the author was more concerned with political commentary than with creating a believable love affair, but still. Other parts (such as when Winston reads the banned text) seem to drag on and on compared to other chapters in which boom! Winston lands in jail, etc. All of this might be more interesting given some annotated historical context, but the (sadly) average reader picking this up will most likely not appreciate the veiled truths and barbs planted therein.
In sum, a good story still needs to be a good story, and this was lacking in several areas. It may well have been groundbreaking in 1948 but I find little else to recommend it other than its corresponding history.

[wishanem · Calificación: 1 de 5 estrellas]

I was spared reading this in school, and only sought it out after constantly hearing it referenced as a comparison point for the real world. Sadly, everything interesting or thought-provoking in the book has percolated out into the culture, and the other bits left over in the text aren't worth considering.

[sjh4255 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

Very interesting book delving into a 1984 that was drastically different than the one we experienced. This 1984 is a world where only your thoughts are private... your every move is watched and scrutinized, any negative actions are dealt with extreme measures including torture, psychological attacks and eventual death.

Portions of the book felt as though it did not fit, but overall, a classic read... one of the must reads for sure...

[thoroughlyme · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Definitely takes a little while to get going, but once it gets going it's like a freight train that can't be stopped. Gripping, emotionally draining, scarily relevant, 1984 truly deserves its status as a classic.