Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist and essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea as the Shortest Serious Novel It's OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars, and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol, wear clothes, sleep in a bed, or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the two-legged are, by definition, the enemy. Too soon, however, the pigs, who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power. "We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of the farm depend on us. Day and night, we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." While this swinish brotherhood sells out the revolution, cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed, the common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted, no better off than in the days when humans ran the farm. Satire Animal Farm may be, but it's a stony reader who remains unmoved when the stalwart workhorse, Boxer, having given his all to his comrades, is sold to the glue factory to buy booze for the pigs. Orwell's view of Communism is bleak indeed, but given the history of the Russian people since 1917, his pessimism has an air of prophecy. --Joyce Thompson --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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(節選自李零發錶於2008年8月號《讀書》的書評) 我們先介紹人類: 一)瓊斯先生(Mr. Jones),莊園農場的場主。他整天喝酒,醉醺醺,對手下的工人疏於管理。他們光擠奶,不喂草,引起母牛鬧事。其他動物群起響應,把瓊斯趕走。瓊斯流亡在外,住在威靈頓(...
評分《動物農場》和《一九八四》所講述的同是諸多我們習以為常的”規則“,不同的是它有”1984年“之前的”奮鬥史“、”解放史“、”改造史“,而《1984》則是描述1984國的狀態。兩者結閤在一起,纔是完整的'我們"。 因為看的是電子書,摘抄變得非常容易。就摘錄如下。 1.投票事件...
評分 評分有些書如同沒有劍柄的劍,不論你從哪個角度去握它,它都要把你割的鮮血泠泠,但你為瞭欣賞它,就不得不拿起它。 喬治·奧威爾的《動物莊園》就是這樣一本書,它躺在那裏,燦燦光芒照得的眼花繚亂,但你敢拿起來看麼?它是沒有劍柄的劍,霍的一聲就會觸疼你。 《動物莊園》是童...
評分圖書標籤: GeorgeOrwell 英文原版 政治寓言 反烏托邦 小說 喬治·奧威爾 外國文學 政治
以動物喻人,有趣而一針見血的諷刺。短小精湛,耐人尋味。
評分迄今為止看得最為順暢的一本原版。或許是對於作者的寫作背景、錶達主題和風格太過瞭解吧。很高興能在新年第一個星期就開瞭一個讀原版的好頭。另:奧威爾小說中的悲慟,我們還會體會多久。
評分沒想到這本書這麼短。還是很喜歡Orwell感情強烈的政治寓言。蘇聯垮瞭,天朝人民依然還在地裏辛勤勞作。
評分赤裸裸地影射Trotsky和Stalin
評分The outside creatures looked outside from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but really it's impossible to say which was which.
Animal Farm 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載