The Last Man in Europe was an early title for the novel, but in a letter dated 22 October 1948 to his publisher Fredric Warburg, eight months before publication, Orwell wrote about hesitating between that title and Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Posljednji čovjek Europe bio je jedan od prvotnih naslova romana, ali u pismu 22. listopada 1948. svom nakladniku Fredricu Warburgu, osam mjeseci prije izdavanja, Orwell je već tada pisao o oklijevanju između tog naslova i Tisuću devetsto osamdeset četvrte.