The year 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. 1984 ...more [close] The year 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic of "negative utopia"--a startlingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing, from the first sentence to the last four words. No one can deny the novel's hold on the imaginations of the whole generations, or the power of its admonitions--a power that seem to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.

《动物农场》是奥威尔最优秀的作品之一，是一则入木三分的反乌托的政治讽喻寓言。
农场的一群动物成功地进行了一场“革命”，将压榨他们的人类东家赶出农场，建立起一个平等的动物社会。然而，动物领袖，那些聪明的猪们最终却篡夺了革命的果实，成为比人类东家更加独裁和极权的统治者。

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《一九八四》是奥威尔的传世之作，堪称世界文坛上最著名的反乌托邦、反极权的政治讽喻小说。他在小说中他创造的“老大哥”、“双重思想”、“新话”等词汇都已收入权威的英语词典，甚至由他的姓衍生出“奥威尔式”（Orwellian）、“奥威尔主义”（Orwellism）这样的通用词汇，不断出现在报道国际新闻的记者笔下，足见其作品在英语国家影响之深远。