世界文学经典读本：1984·动物庄园（英文版）[NineteenEighty-fourAnimalFarm]

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　　 G.奥威尔的最后一部小说《1984》是一部政治寓言，与英国另一位作家胥黎的《美丽新世界》、苏联作家米亚京的《我们》并称“反乌托邦三部曲。”作者虚构了一个受极权主义统治的大洋国，全体民众处于国家的完全监视之下，屈从和无意识成了一种全体国民的心态，而自由和思想则早已绝迹；这个政权的真理部甚至篡改历史……前北京大学教授燕卜荪先生曾说，此书“像烙铁一样在想象力上留下永远的疤痕”，米兰·昆德拉则比之卡夫卡的《审判》。
　　 《1984动物庄园》是一部更有趣的反乌托邦政治寓言，农场中的动物进行一场革命，将压榨他们的人类驱逐出去，建立了一个平等的社会，让还算有些头脑的猪做领袖……

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　　 IT WAS a bright cold day in April， and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith， his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind， slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions， though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him.
　　 The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. At one end of it a coloured poster， too large for indoor display， had been tacked to the wall. It depicted simply an enormous face， more than a metre wide： the face of a man of about forty-five， with a heavy black moustache and ruggedly handsome features. Winston made for the stairs. It was no use trying the lift. Even at the best of times it was seldom working， and at present the electric current was cut off during daylight hours. It was part of the economy drive in preparation for Hate Week…

作者简介

奥威尔，ERIC ARTHUR BLAIR （1903-1950）， better known by his penname George Orwell， was anEnglish novelist and journalist.His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit， a passion for clarity in language and a beliefindemocratic socialism. Contemporary readers are more often introduced to Orwell as a novelist， particularly through his enormously successful titles Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. The former is considered an allegory of the corruption of the socialist ideals of the Russian Revolution by Stalinism， and the latter is Orwell's prophetic vision of the results of totalitarianism. Orwell denied that ArumaI Farm was a reference to Stalinism.