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1984 by George Orwell, Part 1
In which John Green returns for a dystopian new season of Crash Course Literature! We're starting with George Orwell's classic look at the totalitarian state that could be in post-war England. Winston Smith is under the eye of Big Brother, and making us think about surveillance, the role of government, and how language can play a huge part in repressive regimes.
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Other episodes for this season
![1984 by George Orwell, Part 1](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/nN5D8kUBK0cC92VkJ1xpKCl0p18.jpg)
![George Orwell's 1984, Part 2](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/nN5D8kUBK0cC92VkJ1xpKCl0p18.jpg)
![The Handmaid's Tale, Part 1](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/nN5D8kUBK0cC92VkJ1xpKCl0p18.jpg)
![The Handmaid's Tale, Part 2](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/nN5D8kUBK0cC92VkJ1xpKCl0p18.jpg)
![Candide](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/nN5D8kUBK0cC92VkJ1xpKCl0p18.jpg)
![The Parable of the Sower](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/nN5D8kUBK0cC92VkJ1xpKCl0p18.jpg)
![The Yellow Wallpaper](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/nN5D8kUBK0cC92VkJ1xpKCl0p18.jpg)
![To the Lighthouse](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/nN5D8kUBK0cC92VkJ1xpKCl0p18.jpg)
![Free Will, Witches, Murder, and Macbeth, Part 1](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/nN5D8kUBK0cC92VkJ1xpKCl0p18.jpg)
![Gender, Guilt, and Fate - Macbeth, Part 2](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/nN5D8kUBK0cC92VkJ1xpKCl0p18.jpg)
![Pride and Prejudice, Part 1](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/nN5D8kUBK0cC92VkJ1xpKCl0p18.jpg)
![Liberals, Conservatives, and Pride and Prejudice, Part 2](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/nN5D8kUBK0cC92VkJ1xpKCl0p18.jpg)