"The air seemed to kiss one's skin. It was the second of May. From somewhere deeper in the heart of the wood came the droning of ring doves." Page 117.
Someone pointed out this little passage to me and I was just struck by how good it sounds! I mean right after ol' George wrote this down he had to have thought to himself, "dang, that sounds pretty awesome." In all seriousness though it displays a great amount of control concerning the syntax. It isn't an overly complex sentence in fact its a group of 2 simple sentences and one somewhat complex. It combines the metaphor with personification of the heart of the tree. The language used also really envelops the way that Winston is feeling at this point. He has just found a bit of a new zest for life and is excited and the language makes it come off as such.
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