Nineteen Eighty-Four is a novel written by George Orwell.
Nineteen Eighty-Four . The protagonist of the novel , Winston Smith , is a member of the Outer Party , who works for the Ministry of Truth ( or Minitrue in Newspeak ) , which is responsible for propaganda and historical revisionism . Winston Smith is a fictional character and the protagonist of George Orwell 's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four .