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We

by Yevgeny Zamyatin

A numbered citizen in a glass city begins to discover the dangerous appeal of privacy and individual thought.

Published
1924
Setting
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4.4

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In a future state built around schedules, surveillance, and perfect order, individuality is treated as an illness. One citizen's awakening unsettles the system and his place inside it.

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  1. The earlier totalitarian dystopia

    Its glass state and numbered citizens helped define the form Orwell later used.

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  1. 1We — Open Library ISBN catalogue

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    Open Library ISBN catalogue used to verify the title, ISBN, and publication metadata.

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  2. 2We — Google Books edition record

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    Google Books catalogue record used to cross-check the title and edition metadata.

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  1. 3We — Internet Archive ISBN catalogue

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    Internet Archive ISBN catalogue used to cross-check the edition and its availability in library holdings.

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  2. 4We — Library of Congress books catalogue

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