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In a grim city and a terrifying country, where Big Brother is always Watching You and the Thought Police can practically read your mind, Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions.

Presents Charles Dickens's classic novel set in London and Paris during the French Revolution and includes explanatory notes, an author chronology, a historical time line, a theme and plot outline, contemporary and modern critical analyses, discussion questions, and a list of related books and films.

Opening in the swirling mists of London, the novel revolves around a court case that has dragged on for decades?the infamous Jarndyce and Jarndyce lawsuit, in which an inheritance is gradually devoured by legal costs.