Blackstone : 1984 : George Orwell (Folium enhancedAudio edition) 1.0

This unabridged Blackstone Audio edition of George Orwell’s dramatic 1984 comes with what is perhaps the best audiobook app available, powered by the Folium enhancedAudio engine (see FEATURES, below).

HONORS: 2008 Audie® Award Finalist, plus a slew of 5-star listener ratings

Self-contained, this audiobook app is perfect for your commute, on a trip, or while relaxing. Based on a library-quality recording, this app was built especially for your iPhone and iPod Touch. No unreadable text, no endless scrolling. The audio is of higher-than-normal quality (112 VBR, 22kHz), making for a great listening experience that will not tire your ears.

NOTICE: This app includes the same fan-favorite recording available at Amazon, Audible and other outlets—but for higher prices. Unabridged and professionally recorded at Blackstone Audio, it is narrated by Golden Voice and Earphones® award-winning narrator Simon Prebble. You are not buying yet another amateur or volunteer narration. No clicks, background noises, throat clearing, mispronunciations, tinny voices or monotones will be found here.

• EXPERIENCE. More than 11 hours of narration. Created as a Folium enhancedAudio edition, this book is packed with extra functions and features not found on lesser players.

• PLAYER CONTROLS. Includes listen (play), pause, multi-speed fast forward/rewind, jump ahead/back, chapter skip, volume control, one-touch chapter and bookmark browser. There is also a “scrub” bar that moves you to any point inside the chapter with just a tap.

• SLEEP TIMER. Have you ever fallen asleep watching TV or listening to a book? If so, youll love this feature. Once set—if you fall asleep—the book will stop, place a bookmark, and allow you to jump back to where you probably nodded off.

•CLEAR & ELEGANT DESIGN. Simple, clean, intuitive, and smarter than average.

•CHAPTER TIMINGS. Always know how much time it will take to finish a chapter. Plus, the progress bar at the top of the screen shows how far into the book you’ve come.

•OFFLINE LISTENING. This app is subway- and airplane-ready. Once downloaded, you can listen uninterrupted, with no threat from a lost network connection. Usually just 5-10 minutes, downloads depend upon network speed.

•AUTO-BOOKMARKING. The player remembers where you stopped listening and returns to that exact spot when you open the book again.

•TELL-A-FRIEND. An easy way to recommend the book to your friends or Twitter feed.

•FEEDBACK. Share your ideas for additional books and then see them become reality. We are very responsive to our listeners and appreciate all feedback and ideas.

“ORWELLS LEAN PROSE, FINELY HONED POLITICAL DISCOURSE, AND PENETRATING IMAGES seem as fresh, as menacing, and as disturbingly prophetic as ever. With British equanimity, Simon Prebble accentuates every shade of gray in post-Blitzed-London….He is especially effective at subtly changing pace and giving weight to each characters most telling moments….1984 remains one of the most powerful and influential masterworks of twentieth-century literature.” (AudioFile Magazine)

“1984 IS A REMARKABLE BOOK; as a virtuoso literary performance it has a sustained brilliance that has rarely been matched in other works of its genre.…It is as timely as the label on a poison bottle.” (New York Herald Tribune)

RATING: We chose 9+ due to the political and social issues depicted in the story.

ABOUT: George Orwell depicts a gray, totalitarian world dominated by Big Brother and its vast network of agents, including the Thought Police, a world in which news is manufactured according to the authorities will and people live tepid lives. Winston Smith, a hero without heroic qualities, longs only for truth and decency. Living in a social system in which privacy does not exist and where those with unorthodox ideas are brainwashed or put to death, he knows there is no hope.