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2021 (adaptation of
1984) -- George Orwell, et al/ Matt Smith -- xx hrs -- dystopian
- FREE -- Apple -- podcast
- FREE -- Spotify -- podcast
- 99p --- Kindle -- ebook
- 99p --- Kobo -- ebook
- Geo-Restricted -- available in the EU, UK, etc -- not available in the US
George Orwell’s Best-Known Work Available As A Free Audiobook With Actor Matt Smith
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Actor Matt Smith, who starred as Doctor Who, has narrated the role of protagonist Winston Smith in an audiobook of George Orwell’s best-known novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The free audiobook, which is now available via Spotify and Apple podcasts, has been released to coincide with recent research* for digital security specialist Avast.
Avast asked people already familiar with Orwell’s book if they thought the hyper-surveillance themes of Orwell’s book are coming true today. More than 82% said they agreed and 69% of those said they were concerned that their online activity might being monitored by the sites and apps they use.
The copyright of Orwell’s best-known work expired this year and this enabled Avast to release the original version with all the date references changed to 2021. This was done to contextualise the novel into a modern setting and highlights the complexities and dangers of today’s online surveillance society. Twenty Twenty-One reveals the similarities between our modern, connected lives and many of the hyper-surveillance themes that Orwell predicted more than 70 years ago.
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If you live in the UK you can listen to the 2021 audiobook, featuring Matt Smith as Winston Smith, via Spotify and Apple podcasts. A version is also available as a digital book via Kindle and Kobo, priced at just 99p, with all proceeds going to the Orwell Foundation.
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