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Matt Smith has lent his voice to a new audiobook \u2013 a re-released version of George Orwell\u2019s novel 1984.<\/p>\n
The House of the Dragon<\/a> star voices Winston Smith in the upcoming audiobook, which is a re-release of the classic novel by cyber-security company Avast to highlight how online surveillance today is reminiscent of Orwell\u2019s Big Brother society.<\/p>\n \u201cTwenty Twenty-One demonstrates the similarities between our modern connected lives and many of the hyper-surveillance themes Orwell predicted over 70 years ago,\u201d the company writes.<\/p>\n The audiobook is set for release on Spotify and Apple Podcasts from today and features the Doctor Who<\/a> star reading Winston Smith\u2019s diary entries, which were first published back in 1949.<\/p> \u201cNineteen Eighty-Four is a literary classic and Winston is a fascinating character, so to be able to bring the story into the modern day is an honour,\u201d Smith said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cGreat literature maintains a universality over the course of time \u2013 particularly true in the case of this novel, which still feels extremely pertinent today,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019ve got involved in this project as I feel having digital freedom online is so important in today\u2019s society.<\/p>\n \u201cIn a\u00a0<\/span>world where we may feel required to share more of ourselves than ever before, it\u2019s something we should endeavour to be really diligent about.\u201d<\/p>\n The literary classic follows Smith, a government employee who is tasked with rewriting historical records whilst living under a totalitarian regime led by the mysterious Big Brother.<\/p>\n When he begins a secret love affair with colleague Julia, he begins to question Big Brother\u2019s authority and tries to fight back.<\/p>\n Twenty Twenty-One will be available to stream on Spotify and Apple Podcasts from Wednesday 1st December. Check out our full TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0Fantasy<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 at 12:00 am Matt Smith has lent his voice to a new audiobook \u2013 a re-released version of George Orwell\u2019s novel 1984. The House of the Dragon star voices Winston Smith in the upcoming audiobook, which is a re-release of the classic novel by cyber-security company Avast […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":8071,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/matt-smith-voices-winston-smith-in-new-1984-audiobook.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/matt-smith-voices-winston-smith-in-new-1984-audiobook-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/matt-smith-voices-winston-smith-in-new-1984-audiobook-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/matt-smith-voices-winston-smith-in-new-1984-audiobook.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/matt-smith-voices-winston-smith-in-new-1984-audiobook.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/matt-smith-voices-winston-smith-in-new-1984-audiobook.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/matt-smith-voices-winston-smith-in-new-1984-audiobook.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 at 12:00 am Matt Smith has lent his voice to a new audiobook \u2013 a re-released version of George Orwell\u2019s novel 1984. The House of the Dragon star voices Winston Smith in the upcoming audiobook, which is a re-release of the classic novel by cyber-security company Avast…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/8070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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