**Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree: The Story of Orwell's 1984** (formerly Before 1984) is an ongoing timeline by [[offtopic:roberto_el_rey|Roberto el Rey]] which gives an interpretation of the backstory to George Orwell's classic dystopian novel **//[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four|Nineteen Eighty-Four]]//**. The story is told through a mix of primary sources and narrative sequences, and it is generally updated at least once a week. You can read it [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/before-1984-a-new-idea-of-how-orwells-hell-came-to-be.411350/|here]].

**Index of Chapters & Parts**
  
Note: Each Part is composed of several entries. Chapters are single posts.

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/before-1984-a-new-idea-of-how-orwells-hell-came-to-be.411350/#post-14345776|POD: The Shot That Doomed the World]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/before-1984-a-new-idea-of-how-orwells-hell-came-to-be.411350/#post-14351496|Part 1. Trotsky on the Rise]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/before-1984-a-new-idea-of-how-orwells-hell-came-to-be.411350/page-2#post-14436069|Part 2. Revolution for Export]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/before-1984-a-new-idea-of-how-orwells-hell-came-to-be.411350/page-3#post-14579635|Part 3. Red Flags Over Berlin]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/before-1984-a-new-idea-of-how-orwells-hell-came-to-be.411350/page-4#post-15145028|Part 4. A Shifting of Strategies]]**

[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/before-1984-a-new-idea-of-how-orwells-hell-came-to-be.411350/page-5#post-15229244|The Marvelous Misadventures of Eric Blair, Chapter 1]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/before-1984-a-new-idea-of-how-orwells-hell-came-to-be.411350/page-6#post-15282701|Part 5. There Once Was a Man Named Goldstein...]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/before-1984-a-new-idea-of-how-orwells-hell-came-to-be.411350/page-7#post-15493863|Part 6. New Deal or No Deal]]**

[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/before-1984-a-new-idea-of-how-orwells-hell-came-to-be.411350/page-8#post-15541601|The Marvelous Misadventures of Eric Blair, Chapter 2]]

**
[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/before-1984-a-new-idea-of-how-orwells-hell-came-to-be.411350/page-9#post-15635392|Part 7. The First Seeds of Ingsoc]]**

**
[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/before-1984-a-new-idea-of-how-orwells-hell-came-to-be.411350/page-9#post-15685626|Part 8. Three Sides to Every Story]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/under-the-spreading-chestnut-tree-the-story-of-orwells-1984.411350/page-9#post-15745722|Part 9. Europe Set Aflame]]**