Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell
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- It was a bright cold day in April & the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him. The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage & old rag mats. At one end of it a coloured poster too large for indoor display had been tacked to the wall. It depicted imply an enormous face more than a metre wide: the face of a man of about forty-five with a heavy black moustache & ruggedly handsome features. Winston made for the stairs. It was no use trying the lift. Even at the best of times it was seldom working & at present the electric current was cut off during daylight hours. It was part of the economy drive in preparation for Hate Week. The flat was seven flights up & Winston who was thirty-nine & had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle went slowly resting several times on the way. On each landing opposite the lift-shaft the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU the caption beneath it ran.