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In a near, dystopian future where Big Brother rules with an oppressive hand, Winston and Julia dare to fall in love—their affair an act of rebellion in a society that has made love illegal. They meet in secret in a small room rented from the antique dealer Charrington, one of the few spaces left where they can find total privacy. Winston and Julia are bonded together by their love and their mutual hatred for the Party. Winston, whose job is to erase the past, despairs over the seeming
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START: Julia appears in the doorway. Winston turns to Julia and almost doesn’t recognize her. She’s wearing a red dress and her hair is down.
JULIA: Turn around.
Here I can be a real woman. We can be together. In secret. This is the one place in the world where the past still exists. This is victory.
What’s the matter?
WINSTON: I just… I wish there were words. There used to be words. For moments like this. For how I feel. For you. They’re changing everything. Everything’s going.
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END: JULIA: Where are you now, Winston? This is ours. Our room. The present moment. This is ours.
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WINSTON: It’s not enough.
Icke, Robert and Macmillan, Duncan, 1984, Oberon Books Ltd, 2013, pp. 61-65.
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