We

About this film

LibriVox recording of We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. (Translated by Gregory Zilboorg.) Read in English by mleigh We is considered to be one of the first dystopian novels and the inspiration for later novels in the genre such as George Orwell's 1984 and Aldus Huxley's Brave New World . The story takes place in a future totalitarian world where conformity is good and individuality bad. It is written from the perspective of one of the members of this society who sees all he knows and loves falling apart due to others' quest for freedom of thought and action. This book addresses the perpetual conflict between between independent individualism and mob mentality. This work, by Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin has the distinction of being the first book banned by the Soviet Union. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (177MB)

Directors & creators

Yevgeny Zamyatin

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;English; eugene zamiatin; zamiatin; dystopian society; totalitarianism; russian banned books; banned

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