Evgeny Zamyatin

Evgeny Zamyatin

1884-02-20
53 (1937-03-10)
Lebedyan, Lipetsk oblast, USSR (Russia)

Evgeny Zamyatin (1 February 1884 - 10 March 1937) was a Russian writer and naval engineer renowned for his groundbreaking dystopian novel "We," published in 1924, which depicted a totalitarian society where individuality is suppressed and influenced later works such as George Orwell's "1984" and "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley.

Lebedyan, Lipetsk oblast, USSR (Russia)

Evgeny Zamyatin (1 February 1884 - 10 March 1937) was a Russian writer and naval engineer renowned for his groundbreaking dystopian novel "We," published in 1924, which depicted a totalitarian society where individuality is suppressed and influenced later works such as George Orwell's "1984" and "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley.

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The Lower Depths 1936 (7.2)

Inhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the landlord, Kostyleva. One resident, young thief Wasska Pepel, ends his affair with the landlord's wife, Vassilissa, and takes up with her sister, Natacha. Pepel also befriends the baron, a former nobleman fallen on hard times, but Pepel's attempts at happiness are complicated when he's accused of murder by a spiteful Vassilissa.
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1984 2023 (7.167)

In a bleak and oppressive totalitarian society ruled by Big Brother, personal freedoms are nonexistent and surveillance is constant. Art is mocked and destroyed, and imagination is considered a serious illness. In this grim world, a brilliant mathematician engages in a forbidden romance with a colleague and learns about a secret resistance. He is faced with a choice - to join or betray it.
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We 1982 (4.9)

In the 26th century the inhabitants of Utopia have so lost their individuality, which varies in number. They live in glass houses (this was written before the invention of television), which allows the political police, called “Keepers” can easily supervise them. They all wear the same uniform and usually turn to each other or as a ”cipher-so” or "UNIFEM" (uniform). They feed on artificial food and rest hour marching in fours in a row the anthem of the One State, pouring out of the loudspeakers. As they are allowed to put a break on the hour (known as the ”sexy time“), draw the curtains of their glass houses. At the head of the One State is one called The Benefactor, which are replaced every year the whole population, usually unanimously. The guiding principle of the State is that happiness and freedom are incompatible.