What year was the book 1984 by George Orwell written?

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What year was the book 1984 by George Orwell written?

Answer 1

he began writing it in 1946
he finished writing it in 1948
it was published in 1949

Answer 2

Orwell did indeed write the book in 1948. It was published the following year and was originally going to be called "The Last Man in Europe," but the publisher made him change the title because they didn't think his title would sell the book well enough.

According to Wikipedia, there is another possibility regarding why the book ended up with the title other than a simple number switch:

Alternatively, he may have been making an allusion to the centenary of the Fabian Society, a socialist organization founded in 1884. The allusion may have also been directed to Jack London's novel The Iron Heel (in which the power of a political movement reaches its height in 1984), to G. K. Chesterton's The Napoleon of Notting Hill (also set in that year), or to a poem that his wife, Eileen O'Shaughnessy, had written, called End of the Century, 1984.

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What year was the book 1984 by George Orwell written?
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When Was 1984 Written

Answer 5

First Edition
Published by Secker and Warburg (London) on 8 June 1949. Edition of 25,575 copies. Imprint states: "First published 1949". Binding: Green calico-textured cloth on boards. Dustjackets printed in both red and green versions. Wrap-around-band included on copies that were sold as the Evening Standard's "Book of the Month".

First American Edition
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company (New York) on 13 June 1949. Edition of 20,000 copies. Imprint states: "First American Edition". Binding: Grey calico cloth on boards. Followed by a "Book of the Month Club" edition which sold 190,000 copies by March 1952.

Answer 6

Book was published in1949, so was written in the years running up to that.

Answer 7

well before 1984
but now it is scary,, that most of the book is now true.

Answer 8

1948, I believe. He just reversed the last two numbers.