Celebrate the 60th anniversary of Orwell's masterpiece 1984Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell's chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, Orwell's narrative is timelier than ever. 1984 presents a startling and haunting vision of the world, so powerful that it is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the power of this novel, its hold on the imaginations of multiple generations of readers, or the resiliency of its admonitions—a legacy that seems only to grow with the passage of time. Annotation Examines different aspects of Orwell's anti-utopian classic, with a biographical sketch of the author and critical essays on this work.

奥威尔刻划了一个令人感到窒息和恐怖的，以追逐权力为最终目标的假想的极权主义社会，通过对这个社会中一个普通人生活的细致刻画，揭示了任何形式下的极权主义必将导致人民甚至整个国家成为悲剧。

作者简介

George Orwell (1903-1950) was born in India and served with the Imperial Police in Burma, fought with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, and was a member of the Home Guard and a writer for the BBC during World War II. He is the author of many works of nonfiction and fiction, including Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, A Clergyman's Daughter, Coming Up for Air, and Keep the Aspidistra Flying.

　　乔治·奥威尔，英国记者、小说家、散文家和评论家。乔治·奥威尔一生短暂，但其以敏锐的洞察力和犀利的文笔审视和记录着他所生活的那个时代，作出了许多超越时代的预言，被称为 “一代人的冷峻良知”。其代表作有《动物庄园》和《一九八四》。

精彩书评

Yet before one has finished reading the nearly bemused first page, it is evident that this is fiction of another order, and presently one makes the distinctly unpleasant discovery that it is not to be satire at all.-- The New York Times Book Review, Mark Schorer

　　★1936年以来，我所写的每一部严肃作品，都是直接或间接地反对极权主义，支持我所理解的民主社会主义。——乔治·奥威尔（《我为何写作》）

　　★只能用两个词来形容奥威尔：一是&“圣徒&”，指这个人；一是&“先知&”，因为他写出了《动物农场》和《1984》。——止庵（著名学者）

　　★《1984》是一部伟大的作品，展现出不可磨灭的才华，令其他同类作品无法望其项背。对时代来说，它仿佛毒药瓶上的一枚标签。——《纽约先驱论坛报》

　　★一部深刻的作品，令人不由得感到惊恐。奥威尔主义的力量被发扬光大。——《纽约客》

　　★奥威尔的小说陪伴着我们，如此冷静，如此直接，阅读起来是一种血液都冰凉的体验。——《星期六评论》

　　★乔治·奥威尔就极权主义危险发出的警告，给他的同时代人和未来读者留下了深刻印象。这本书的书名和其中创造的很多新词，比如&“新语&”，都成了现代政治中丑恶现象的代名词。——《韦氏文学百科词典》