Winston, an employee of the Party's Ministry of Truth, begins to question the Party's propaganda and becomes involved in a forbidden love affair with Julia, another Party member.
Set in the year 1984, the novel follows Winston Smith, a citizen of Oceania, one of the three totalitarian super-states. Under the watchful eye of the ruling Party and its enigmatic leader, Big Brother, citizens are constantly monitored, and any dissent is ruthlessly suppressed. Winston, an employee of the Party's Ministry of Truth, begins to question the Party's propaganda and becomes involved in a forbidden love affair with Julia, another Party member.