1984
G E O R G E O R W E L L
Level 4
Retold by
M i k e Dean
Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter
Pearson Education Limited
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ISBN: 978-1-4058-6241-7
First published by Martin Seeker & Warburg Ltd 1949
First published by Penguin Books 2003
This edition published 2008
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (Copyright © George Orwell, 1949) adapted and simplified
by permission of A M Heath & Co. Ltd. on behalf of B i l l Hamilton as the Literary Executor of the
Estate of the Late Sonia Brownell Orwell and
Martin Seeker & Warburg Ltd.
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Contents
Introduction
P A R T
O N E
Thoughtcrime
Chapter 1 B i g Brother Is Watching You
Chapter 2 The Spies
Chapter 3 The Ministry of Truth
Chapter 4
Ownlife