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We by Yevgeny Zamyatin.  The exhilarating dystopian novel that inspired George Orwell's 1984 and foreshadowed the worst excesses of Soviet RussiaYevgeny Zamyatin's We is a powerfully inventive vision that has influenced writers from George Orwell to Ayn Rand. In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the all-powerful 'Benefactor', the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState live out lives devoid of passion and creativity - until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. Set in the twenty-sixth century AD, We is the classic dystopian novel and was the forerunner of...

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10 - A Letter - A Manhunt - Hairy I.
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10 - A Letter - A Manhunt - Hairy I.  
We is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin that was written in 1920–1921. It was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York. The original Russian text was first published in 1952; the novel was not published in Soviet Russia until 1988. The novel describes a world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state, against which the protagonist, D-503, rebels.  
The book is considered a literary masterpiece as well as one of the greatest and most influential works of the...


09 - Liturgy - Iambus - The Cast-Iron Hand.
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09 - Liturgy - Iambus - The Cast-Iron Hand.  
We is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin that was written in 1920–1921. It was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York. The original Russian text was first published in 1952; the novel was not published in Soviet Russia until 1988. The novel describes a world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state, against which the protagonist, D-503, rebels.  
The book is considered a literary masterpiece as well as one of the greatest and most influential works of the 20th c...


08 - An Irrational Root - R-13 - The Triangle.
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08 - An Irrational Root - R-13 - The Triangle.  
We is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin that was written in 1920–1921. It was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York. The original Russian text was first published in 1952; the novel was not published in Soviet Russia until 1988. The novel describes a world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state, against which the protagonist, D-503, rebels.  
The book is considered a literary masterpiece as well as one of the greatest and most influential works of the...


07 - An Eyelash - Taylor - Henbane and Lily of the Valley.
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07 - An Eyelash - Taylor - Henbane and Lily of the Valley.  
We is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin that was written in 1920–1921. It was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York. The original Russian text was first published in 1952; the novel was not published in Soviet Russia until 1988. The novel describes a world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state, against which the protagonist, D-503, rebels.  
The book is considered a literary masterpiece as well as one of the greatest and most infl...


06 - An Accident - The Cursed “It’s Clear” - Twenty-four Hours.
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06 - An Accident - The Cursed “It’s Clear” - Twenty-four Hours.  
We is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin that was written in 1920–1921. It was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York. The original Russian text was first published in 1952; the novel was not published in Soviet Russia until 1988. The novel describes a world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state, against which the protagonist, D-503, rebels.  
The book is considered a literary masterpiece as well as one of the greatest and most influentia...


05 - The Square - The Rulers of the World - An Agreeable and Useful Function.
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05 - The Square - The Rulers of the World - An Agreeable and Useful Function.  
We is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin that was written in 1920–1921. It was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York. The original Russian text was first published in 1952; the novel was not published in Soviet Russia until 1988. The novel describes a world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state, against which the protagonist, D-503, rebels.  
The book is considered a literary masterpiece as well as one of the grea...


04 - The Wild Man with a Barometer - Epilepsy - If.
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04 - The Wild Man with a Barometer - Epilepsy - If.  
We is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin that was written in 1920–1921. It was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York. The original Russian text was first published in 1952; the novel was not published in Soviet Russia until 1988. The novel describes a world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state, against which the protagonist, D-503, rebels.  
The book is considered a literary masterpiece as well as one of the greatest and most influential work...


03 - A Coat - A Wall - The Tables.
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03 - A Coat - A Wall - The Tables.  
We is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin that was written in 1920–1921. It was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York. The original Russian text was first published in 1952; the novel was not published in Soviet Russia until 1988. The novel describes a world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state, against which the protagonist, D-503, rebels.  
The book is considered a literary masterpiece as well as one of the greatest and most influential works of the...


02 - Ballet - Square Harmony - X.
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02 - Ballet - Square Harmony - X.  
We is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin that was written in 1920–1921. It was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York. The original Russian text was first published in 1952; the novel was not published in Soviet Russia until 1988. The novel describes a world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state, against which the protagonist, D-503, rebels.  
The book is considered a literary masterpiece as well as one of the greatest and most influential works of the 20th cent...


01 - An Announcement - The Wisest of Lines - A Poem.
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01 - An Announcement - The Wisest of Lines - A Poem.  
We is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin that was written in 1920–1921. It was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York. The original Russian text was first published in 1952; the novel was not published in Soviet Russia until 1988. The novel describes a world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state, against which the protagonist, D-503, rebels.  
The book is considered a literary masterpiece as well as one of the greatest and most influential work...


00 - Foreword.
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00 - Foreword.  
We is a dystopian novel by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin that was written in 1920–1921. It was first published as an English translation by Gregory Zilboorg in 1924 by E. P. Dutton in New York. The original Russian text was first published in 1952; the novel was not published in Soviet Russia until 1988. The novel describes a world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state, against which the protagonist, D-503, rebels.  
The book is considered a literary masterpiece as well as one of the greatest and most influential works of the 20th century. It influenced the emergence of d...