内容简介

A collection of eighteen essays by the author of Nineteen Eighty Four and Animal Farm, etc. these represent the last of his finished work. There is excellent reading here, whether it be the title piece on the English colonial attitude, or his thoughts on books, poetry, cigarettes, a report on a hanging and a death, reflections on Gandhi, a toad, English murder, and other assorted topics, and in the field of the essay this provides fine style as well as stimulating thinking. For the selective reader as well as his established followers. (Kirkus Reviews)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

作者简介

George Orwell (whose real name was Eric Arthur Blair) was born in 1903 in India and then went to Eton when his family moved back to England. From 1922 to 1927 he served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, and experience that inspired his first novel, Burmese Days (1934). He lived in Paris before returning to England, and Down and Out in Paris and London was published in 1...

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Anditwasatthismoment,asIstoodtherewiththerifleinmyhands,thatIfirstgraspedthehollowness,thefutilityofthewhiteman'sdominionintheEast.HerewasI,thewhitemanwithhisgun,standinginfrontoftheunarmednativecrowd-seeminglytheleadingactorofthepiece;butinrealityIwasonlyanabsurdpuppetpushedtoandfrobythewillofthoseyellowfacesbehind.Iperceivedinthismomentthatwhenthewhitemanturnstyrantitishisownfreedomthathedestroys.Hebecomesasortofhollow,posingdummy,theconventionalizedfigureofasahib.Foritistheconditionofhisrulethatheshallspendhislifeintryingtoimpressthe"natives"andsoineverycrisishehasgottodowhatthe"natives"expectofhim.Hewearsamask,andhisfacegrowstofitit...

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Inthebedoppositemeinthefurtherrowwasanoldbaldheadedmanwithdroopingmustachesandgreatlyswollenfaceandbody,whowassufferingfromsomediseasethatmadehimurinatealmostincessantly.Ahugeglassreceptaclestoodalwaysbesidehisbed.Onedayhiswifeanddaughtercametovisithim.Atsightofthemtheoldman'sbloatedfacelitupwithasmileofsurprisingsweetness,andashisdaughter,aprettygirlofabouttwenty,approachedthebedIsawthathishandwasslowlyworkingitswayfromunderthebedclothes.Iseemedtoseeinadvancethegesturethatwascoming-thegirlkneelingbesidethebed,theoldman'shandlaidonherheadinhisdyingblessing.Butno,hemerelyhandedherthebedbottle,whichshepromptlytookfromhimandemptiedintothereceptacle....

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