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.
Chapters
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Forword Read by mleigh 9:34
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Ballet—Square Harmony—X Read by mleigh 10:28
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A Coat—A Wall—The Tables Read by mleigh 8:33
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The Wild Man with the Barometer—Epilepsy—If Read by mleigh 7:34
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The Square—The Rulers of the World—An Agreeable and Useful Function Read by mleigh 5:44
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An Accident—The Cursed "It's Clear"—Twenty-Four Hours Read by mleigh 12:11
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An Eyelash—Taylor—Henbane and Lily of the Valley Read by mleigh 11:14
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An Irrational Root—R-13—The Triangle Read by mleigh 9:57
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Liturgy—Iambus—The Cast-Iron Hand Read by mleigh 7:48
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A Letter—A Membrane—Hairy I Read by mleigh 15:14
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No, I Can't; Let It Be without Headings! Read by mleigh 9:40
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The Delimitation of the Infinite—Angel—Meditations on Poetry Read by mleigh 7:33
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Fog—Thou—A Decidedly Absurd Adventure Read by mleigh 11:03
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"Mine"—Impossible—A Cold Floor Read by mleigh 5:24
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The Bell—The Mirror-Like Sea—I am to Burn Eternally Read by mleigh 8:46
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Yellow—A Two-Dimensional Shadow—An Incurable Soul Read by mleigh 11:48
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Through Glass—I Died—The Corridor Read by mleigh 12:00
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Logical Debris—Wounds and Plaster—Never Again Read by mleigh 11:52
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The Infinitesimal of the Third Order—From Under the Forehead— Over the Railing Read by mleigh 11:25
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Discharge—The Material of an Idea—The Zero Rock Read by mleigh 5:58
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The Duty of an Author—The Ice-Swells—The Most Difficult Love Read by mleigh 10:47
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The Benumbed Waves—Everything is Improving—I Am a Microbe Read by mleigh 7:24
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Flowers—The Dissolution of a Crystal—If Only (?) Read by mleigh 8:25
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The Limit of the Function—Easter—To Cross Out Everything Read by mleigh 7:21
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The Descent from Heaven—The Greatest Catastrophe in History—The Known—Is Ended Read by mleigh 14:14
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The World Does Exist—Rash—Forty-One Degrees Centigrade Read by mleigh 7:29
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No Headings, It is Impossible Read by mleigh 13:16
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Both of Them—Entropy and Energy—The Opaque Part of the Body Read by mleigh 14:39
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Threads of the Face—Sprouts—An Unnatural Compresssion Read by mleigh 5:28
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The Last Number—Galileo's Mistake—Would It Not Be Better Read by mleigh 7:21
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The Great Operation—I Forgave Everything—The Collision of Trains Read by mleigh 16:34
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I Do Not Believe—Tractors—A Little Human Splinter Read by mleigh 12:10
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This without a Synopsis, Hastily, the Last Read by mleigh 2:16
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The Forgiven Ones—A Sunny Night—A Radio-Walkyrie Read by mleigh 22:15
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In a Ring—A Carrot—A Murder Read by mleigh 12:46
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Empty Pages—The Christian God—About My Mother Read by mleigh 8:22
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Infusorian—Doomsday—Her Room Read by mleigh 8:20
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I Don’t Know What Title—Perhaps the Whole Synopsis May Be Called a Cast-off Cigarette-butt Read by mleigh 5:09
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The End Read by mleigh 10:44
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Facts—The Bell—I am Certain Read by mleigh 3:32
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