Nineteen Eighty-Four

Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social injustice, an intense opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language and a belief in democratic socialism.Considered perhaps the twentieth century's best chronicler of English culture, Orwell wrote fiction, polemical journalism, literary criticism and poetry. He is best known for the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (published in 1949) and the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945)—they have together sold more copies than any two books by any other twentieth-century author. His 1938 book Homage to Catalonia, an account of his experiences as a volunteer on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War, together with numerous essays on politics, literature, language and culture, are widely acclaimed.Orwell's influence on contemporary culture, popular and political, continues decades after his death. Several of his neologisms, along with the term "Orwellian"—now a byword for any totalitarian or manipulative social phenomenon opposed to a free society—have entered the vernacular.

出版者:Penguin

作者:[英] 乔治·奥威尔

页数:368

出版时间:2009-6

价格:163.00元

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780141191201

图书标签:Orwell英文原版小说政治企鹅经典英国文学英国极权社会

First published in 1949, George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" has lost none of the impact with which it first hit readers. Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent - even in the mind. For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101.

读后感

人类必然会疯癫到这种地步，即不疯癫也只是另一种形式的疯癫。 ——帕斯卡尔 1984是不凡的一年。它是乔治•奥威尔的反乌托邦力作《1984》里，故事发生的背景时间。同在这一年，堪称20世纪末最伟大的思想家的福柯死于艾滋病。在同一段时间读了两人的书，又偶然...  

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人类必然会疯癫到这种地步，即不疯癫也只是另一种形式的疯癫。 ——帕斯卡尔 1984是不凡的一年。它是乔治•奥威尔的反乌托邦力作《1984》里，故事发生的背景时间。同在这一年，堪称20世纪末最伟大的思想家的福柯死于艾滋病。在同一段时间读了两人的书，又偶然...  

用户评价

在国内如此大环境下，读这本书，真是让人后背一阵发凉。

毕业论文写这个作死。封面好看。

非常棒，I would like to read it on smooth creamy paper…

非常棒，I would like to read it on smooth creamy paper…

还是更喜欢Animal Farm，不过这本也不错。