乔治·奥威尔：英国式谋杀的衰落 英文原版 Penguin Great Ideas : Decline of the English Murder George Orwell

基本信息

By (author) George Orwell

Format Paperback | 128 pages

Dimensions 111 x 181 x 7mm | 80g

Publication date 01 Nov 2009

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd

Imprint PENGUIN CLASSICS

Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom

Language English

ISBN10 0141191260

ISBN13 9780141191263

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内容简介

In these timeless and witty essays George Orwell explores the English love of reading about a good murder in the papers (and laments the passing of the heyday of the 'perfect' murder involving class, sex and poisoning), as well as unfolding his trenchant views on everything from boys' weeklies to naughty seaside postcards.

乔治·奥威尔不但是著名的反极权小说作者，还是著名的英语文体家、第一流的散文家以及头脑清醒且目光犀利的文学评论家。《英国式谋杀的衰落》以谈文论艺为主，收入《狄更斯》、《托尔斯泰与莎士比亚》等名篇和《鲁德亚德·吉卜林》等备受争议的文论，加上《为英国式烹调辩》一类轻松的小品文，比较全面地体现了奥威尔作为文学评论家的风采。

作者简介

Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.

乔治·奥威尔(1903-1950)，本名埃里克·布莱尔，出生于印度，早年入读伊顿公学，后至印度皇家警察驻缅甸部队服役，并以经历为素材，完成自传体散文《射象》、《绞刑》和小说《缅甸岁月》。第二次世界大战爆发后，奥威尔先后在英国广播公司印度部和工党左翼《论坛报》工作，成为多产的新闻记者和文艺评论家。他的讽刺小说《动物农场》和《一九八四》奠定了他在文坛上的地位。传记作家伯纳德·克立克说：“对布莱尔来说，他身上的奥威尔，一半是自己要当之无愧的理想形象；正直，诚实，单纯，平等信念，简朴的生活，简朴的写作，简朴的语言，总而言之，一个几乎不顾一切立志要说出不受欢迎的真话的人。