Hardcover, 385 pages
English language
Published Nov. 3, 2013 by Harcourt.
THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY of George Orwell's birth has brought these two groundbreaking novels together for the first time, along with a revealing new introduction by Christopher Hitchens.
ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is the account of the bold struggle, initiated by the animals, that transforms Mr. Jones's Manor Farm into Animal Farm—a wholly democratic society built on the credo that All Animals Are Created Equal. Out of their cleverness, the pigs Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball emerge as leaders of the new community in a subtle evolution that proves disastrous. The climax is the brutal betrayal of the faithful horse Boxer, when totalitarian rule is reestablished with the bloodstained postscript to the founding slogan: But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others.
WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. In 1984, London is a …
THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY of George Orwell's birth has brought these two groundbreaking novels together for the first time, along with a revealing new introduction by Christopher Hitchens.
ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is the account of the bold struggle, initiated by the animals, that transforms Mr. Jones's Manor Farm into Animal Farm—a wholly democratic society built on the credo that All Animals Are Created Equal. Out of their cleverness, the pigs Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball emerge as leaders of the new community in a subtle evolution that proves disastrous. The climax is the brutal betrayal of the faithful horse Boxer, when totalitarian rule is reestablished with the bloodstained postscript to the founding slogan: But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others.
WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. In 1984, London is a grim city where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia. he hazards his life in a death match against the powers that be. --front flap
I love George Orwell. This is a beautiful allegory of communism through the eyes of a mid-twentieth century writer. It's not hard to see parallels to our current political situation.
দ্বিতীয়বার পড়লাম। যদিও এটি জনরা হিসেবে ডিসটোপিয়ান নভেলের ভেতর পড়ে, বড়দের হরর বললে ভুল হবে না(বড় তে 'স্বাধীনতা' শব্দটির যথাযথ অর্থ তার জানা ও অনুভবে থাকতে হবে)। আমি আজ অব্দি এতো ট্রমাটাইজিং কোনো লেখা পড়িনি।
বইটা বেশ। প্রথমত সাইজে ছোট, লেখকের গড়ে তো রিয়ালিটিতে একজন ব্যর্থ বিপ্লবী কাহিনীর নায়ক। রিয়ালিটিটা ইন্টারেস্টিং, হীরক রাজার শাসনপদ্ধতির সাথে বেশ মিল আছে। বইয়ের মেসেজটা ততোধিক ইন্টারেস্টিং, রুম ১০১ মেরে ফেলে না, ভালোবাসা ভুলিয়ে দেয়।
বইয়ের ডিটেইলসে যাওয়া ঠিক হবে না। ছোট বই, পড়ে ফেলা ভালো।
Ugh. That was a really boring book. Having quizzes on every chapter did not help to make it enjoyable. The writing was dull and the book was predictable. Basically what happened was: the animals rebel, they make a perfect way of living with seven commandments, SPOILER ALERT
they basically break all of their rules, and it leads to it being the way it was before they rebelled.
