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| Winston Smith | |
|---|---|
| Nineteen Eighty-Four character | |
&sq=engine&lang=en&file=File:Winston_Smith.jpg) Winston Smith portrayed by John Hurt in the 1984 film Nineteen Eighty-Four | |
| First appearance | Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) |
| Created by | George Orwell |
| Portrayed by | Richard Widmark (1953) Peter Cushing (1954) Edmond O'Brien (1956) John Hurt (1984) |
| In-universe information | |
| Affiliation | Outer Party The Brotherhood |
| Spouse | Katharine |
| Significant other | Julia |
| Nationality | British/Oceanic (in film) |
Winston Smith is a fictional character and the protagonist of George Orwell's dystopian 1949 novel also being born in 1945-46 according to the book Nineteen Eighty-Four. The character was employed by Orwell as an everyman in the setting of the novel, a "central eye ... [the reader] can readily identify with."[1]
- ^ Gottlieb, Erika (1992). The Orwell Conundrum: A Cry of Despair or Faith in the Spirit of Man?. Ottawa, Canada: Carleton University Press. p. 56. ISBN 0-88629-175-5.