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First published 1952

We

by Eugene Zamiatin

Dutton, New York, 1952248 pagesISBN 9780812974621Updated November 3, 2011

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Author
Eugene Zamiatin
First published
1952
Format
PDF
Pages
248
ISBN
9780812974621
Publisher
Dutton, New York
License
Published here by permission. The work itself reserves all rights; it is not Creative Commons.

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“[Zamyatin’s] intuitive grasp of the irrational side of totalitarianism– human sacrifice, cruelty as an end in itself–makes [We] superior to Huxley’s [Brave New World].” –George Orwell

An inspiration for George Orwell’s 1984 and a precursor to the work of Philip K. Dick, Ayn Rand (Anthem), and Stanislaw Lem, We is a classic of dystopian science fiction ripe for rediscovery. Written in 1921 by the Russian revolutionary Yevgeny Zamyatin, this story of the thirtieth century is set in the One State, a society where all live for the collective good and individual freedom does not exist.

Although fiction, it is a story informed by the war communism of the Soviet Union, and was of course completely banned in Russia. But the collectivism is of a recognizable type, one that threatens every society in all times. To come to understand its features and markings is the benefit of the dystopian genre. The reality that dawns on the reader is that this seeming fiction is all-too real in our times.

The novel takes the form of the diary of state mathematician D-503, who, to his shock, experiences the most disruptive emotion imaginable: love for another human being.

At once satirical and sobering–and now available in a powerful new modern translation–We speaks to all who have suffered under repression of their personal, economic, and cultural freedom.

“One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.” –Irving Howe

240 pages, paperback, 2006, ISBN: 978-0-8129-7462-1

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What's in it

44 chapters · page numbers are this file's

  1. Introductionp. 5
  2. Forewordp. 13
  3. Thirty Five Years Laterp. 19
  4. Prefacep. 21
  5. Record Onep. 33
  6. Record Twop. 35
  7. Record Threep. 41
  8. Record Fourp. 46
  9. Record Fivep. 51
  10. Record Sixp. 54
  11. Record Sevenp. 61
  12. Record Eightp. 67
  13. Record Ninep. 73
  14. Record Tenp. 78
  15. Record Elevenp. 87
  16. Record Twelvep. 92
  17. Record Thirteenp. 97
  18. Record Fourteenp. 103
  19. Record Fifteenp. 106
  20. Record Sixteenp. 111
  21. Record Seventeenp. 118
  22. Record Eighteenp. 125
  23. Record Nineteenp. 132
  24. Record Twentyp. 138
  25. Record Twenty-Onep. 142
  26. Record Twenty-Twop. 148
  27. Record Twenty-Threep. 152
  28. Record Twenty-Fourp. 157
  29. Record Twenty-Fivep. 161
  30. Record Twenty-Sixp. 168
  31. Record Twenty-Sevenp. 172
  32. Record Twenty -Eightp. 179
  33. Record Twenty-Ninep. 188
  34. Record Thirtyp. 191
  35. Record Thirty-Onep. 195
  36. Record Thirty-Twop. 203
  37. Record Thirty-Threep. 210
  38. Record Thirty-Fourp. 212
  39. Record Thirty-Fivep. 221
  40. Record Thirty-Sixp. 228
  41. Record Thirty-Sevenp. 233
  42. Record Thirty-Eightp. 238
  43. Record Thirty-Ninep. 241
  44. Record Fortyp. 247

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