1984-bilingue

George Orwell 1 9 8 4
as though verifying his identity, and then paid no
more attention to him. He was still recognizable,
but he was not the same person any longer. His
body had straightened, and seemed to have grown
bigger. His face had undergone only tiny changes
that had nevertheless worked a complete
transformation. The black eyebrows were less
bushy, the wrinkles were gone, the whole lines of
the face seemed to have altered; even the nose
seemed shorter. It was the alert, cold face of a man
of about five-and-thirty. It occurred to Winston
that for the first time in his life he was looking,
with knowledge, at a member of the Thought
Police.
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y cortante, como si sólo le interesase comprobar su
identidad y no le prestó más atención. Se le
reconocía fácilmente, pero ya no era la misma
persona. Se le había enderezado el cuerpo y parecía
haber crecido. En el rostro sólo se le notaban
cambios muy pequeños, pero que sin embargo lo
transformaban por completo. Las cejas negras eran
menos peludas, no tenía arrugas, e incluso las
facciones le habían cambiado algo. Parecía tener
ahora la nariz más corta. Era el rostro alerta y frío
de un hombre de unos treinta y cinco años. Pensó
Winston que por primera vez en su vida
contemplaba, sabiendo que era uno de ellos, a un
miembro de la Policía del Pensamiento.