乔治•奥威尔(1903-1950), 英国著名作家。主要作品有《动物农场》、《1984》等。
1903年出生于印度,1907年举家迁回英国,后因经济原因无力深造,被迫远走缅甸,参加帝国警察部队。终因厌倦殖民行径、痴迷写作而辞去公职,辗转回到欧洲,流亡伦敦、巴黎等地,一边深刻体验下层民众生活,一遍从事文学创作,有多部作品出版。1936年西班牙内战爆发,参加左翼组织,因重伤返回英国,但最终树立社会主义信念。1939年,二战爆发,积极参加反纳粹的活动。由于西班牙内战与二战的苦痛经历,对战争与和平、极权与民主、社会关怀与人类理想进行了深刻的思考。
1945年,著名的政治寓言小说《动物农场》出版。1949年,《1984》问世,在全球产生深远影响。作品入选多国中学生必读书目,被翻译成62种文字,总销量超过5000万册。
1950年,因肺病去世,年仅47岁。
Nineteen Eighty Four, by George Orwell - Akasha Classics, AkashaPublishing.Com - 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 imply 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. The flat was seven flights up, and Winston, who was thirty-nine and had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle, went slowly, resting several times on the way. On each landing, opposite the lift-shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran.
自从一九九零年夏天来美,身不由己一直有国难归。去年十月,有友人约我从华盛顿回北京去讲学,我一口就答应了。 八年中,多少至亲好友一个接一个谢世了。远一些的不说,前年六月,董乐山从北京寄来《汪曾祺悄然归去》的剪报。曾祺和我相知六十多年,九零年夏我离京前曾到他家...
评分 评分 评分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...
我读的第三本英文原版小说,4天读完,一次并不愉悦的阅读体验
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评分在国内如此大环境下,读这本书,真是让人后背一阵发凉。
评分我读的第三本英文原版小说,4天读完,一次并不愉悦的阅读体验
评分我读的第三本英文原版小说,4天读完,一次并不愉悦的阅读体验
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