This book is way better than 1984. Why doesn't it get any recognition?
>>252488321) Timing 2) Pigeonholing of the author BTW a thing people miss in 1984 is that the Gin being offered as a symbol of status is a deliberate insult in the context of Orwell's time. His grandparents were alive when the second Gin Act was passed which aimed at the heart of the poorest classes drinking. It's like if a modern novel called 2084 were to have the upper middle class drinking malt liquor and be all up their own assess about how sophisticated and privileged they are.
>>25248832Because this monologue goes fucking hard. https://youtu.be/nYLiBEgLOYE?si=Rk_BPFcuenIZn4GR
>>25248835Lobster in north America was originally regarded as inferior meat for poor people before the wealthy rediscovered how much they liked it
