About This Book
April, 1984. Winston Smith thinks a thought, starts a diary, and falls in love. But Big Brother is watching him, and the door to Room 101 can swing open in the blink of an eye. Its ideas have become our ideas, and Orwell's fiction is often said to be our reality. The definitive book of the 20th cent...
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Reading Time Estimates
8h 6m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 50m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 10m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 87,450 words📅 12 days at 30 min/day
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5 h 50 min
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6 h 29 min
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4 h 52 min
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