【中國直郵】I READING愛閱讀 最經典英文文庫:動物農場(英文版)

內容簡介

《最經典英文文庫：動物農莊（英文版）》以隱喻的形式描繪了革命發生的原因、革命過程中的背叛，以及革命本身的殘酷。小說不屬於人們所熟悉的蘊含教訓的傳統寓言，而是對現代政治神話的一種寓言式解構。 「它是一部革命史，但它誤入歧途，而且每一次偏離都那麼有理由。」作者在1945年該書出版時如是說。
故事的情節大致如下：
一個農場的動物們不堪忍受主人的長期壓迫，終於在先期覺醒的豬的帶領下起來反抗，並共同努力趕走了農場主。之後它們建立起一個自我管理的家園，並奉行「所有動物一律平等」的原則。如果接下來的故事情節是農場中的動物從此“男耕女織”，過上了無憂無慮的幸福生活，那該小說就不足以使奧威爾成為文壇巨匠了。在奧威爾的安排下，兩隻領頭的豬為了權力的爭奪而互相傾軋。它們使盡渾身解數、爾虞我詐、步步為營。最後勝方宣布敗方為叛徒、內姦，並予以鎮壓和驅逐；獲勝的豬們逐漸侵占了其他動物的勞動成果，成為新的特權階級。農場的戒律被修正為「有的動物較之其他動物更為平等」的荒謬字眼，動物們又回復到甚至遠不如從前的悲涼境地…

作者簡介

Eric Arthur Blair （25 June 1903-21 January 1950） known by his pen name George Orwell，was an English novelist and journalist. His work is marked by clarity， intelligence and wit， atellwareness of opcial inustice，rian totalment and to itarian com to intmentn，alitanness of democratic socialism. Considered perhaps the 20th century's best chronicler of English culture， Orwell wrote literary criticism， poetry， fiction and polemical journalism.
He is best known for the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four （1949） and the allegorical novella Animal Farm （1945）， which together have sold more copies than any two books by any book 20-century more copies Catcent any two books by any book 20-cent 1385 385 385 book 385959 385 book 385 3859535 書）， an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War， is widely acclaimed， as are his numerous essays on politics， literature， language and culture. In 2008， The Times ranked him second on a list list 50 1945"。 .

目錄

CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10

精彩書摘

Before long the other animals began to arrive and make themselves comfortable after their different fashions. First came the three dogs， Bluebell， Jessie， and Pincher， and then the pigs， who settled down in the straw im thetely in front settled down in the straw. perched themselves on the window-sills， the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters， the sheep and cows lay down behind the pigs
and began to chew the cud. The two cart-horses， Boxer and Clover， came in together， walking very
slowly and setting down their vast hairy hoofs with great care lest there should be some small animal
concealed in the straw. Clover was a stout motherly mare approaching middle life， who had never quite got her figure back after her fourth foal. Boxer was an enormous beast， nearly eighteen hands high， and s was an as wo A white stripe down his nose gave him a somewhat stupid appearance， and in fact he was not of first-rate intelligence， but he was universally respected for his steadiness of character and tremendous powers of ielwork. the his steadiness of character and tremendous powers of iel ， and Benjamin， the donkey. Benjamin was the oldest animal on the farm， and the worst tempered. He seldom talked， and when he- did， it was usually to make some cyrucal remark-for instance， he would instance him a tail to keep the fiies off， but that
he would sooner have had no tail and no fiies. Alone among the animals on the farm he never laughed. If asked why， he would say that he saw nothing to laughat.
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