The person who checked out George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' said they believes others would benefit from reading the book in this day and age.
The Multnomah County Library in Oregon posted an image of the book, George Orwell's"Nineteen Eighty-Four," on Facebook, along with a letter that accompanied it.
"Nineteen Eighty-Four" is Orwell's prophetic novel about the future. It depicts a world where the government controls ever aspect of a person's life — by surveillance, propaganda and censorship.The person who originally checked out the book said they believed others should be reading the book in this day and age.
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