1984

           Juliawouldarrivepresently:meanwhiletherewasthebook. Hesatdowninthesluttisharmchairandundidthestrapsofthebrief-case. 

           Aheavyblackvolume,amateurishlybound,withnonameortitleonthecover. Theprintalsolookedslightlyirregular. Thepageswerewornattheedges,andfellapart,easily,asthoughthebookhadpassedthroughmanyhands. Theinscriptiononthetitle-pageran: 

           THETHEORYANDPRACTICEOF 

           OLIGARCHICALCOLLECTIVISM 

           by 

           EmmanuelGoldstein 

           Winstonbeganreading: 

           ChapterI 

           IgnoranceisStrength 

           Throughoutrecordedtime,andprobablysincetheendoftheNeolithicAge,therehavebeenthreekindsofpeopleintheworld,theHigh,theMiddle,andtheLow. Theyhavebeensubdividedinmanyways,theyhavebornecountlessdifferentnames,andtheirrelativenumbers,aswellastheirattitudetowardsoneanother,havevariedfromagetoage:buttheessentialstructureofsocietyhasneveraltered.