動物農莊（收錄原版作者序〈新聞自由〉）

喬治．歐威爾(George Orwell)

Jan 2010 · 麥田

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你以為在為自己努力，

其實只是在為高層服務而已。

你或許讀過《動物農莊》，

但絕對沒讀過迫於情勢遭到刪除的作者序，

台灣唯一正式授權中譯版，首度收錄，獨家披露。

聰明的豬隻拿破崙，以崇高的理想為號召，推翻了人類主子，所有動物深以為從此可以自己做主，不再有蹂躪壓榨、弱肉強食、勾心鬥角。不料，初嚐權力滋味的拿破崙開始整肅異己，趕盡殺絕，一心鞏固領導地位，維護尊榮享受。能言善道的尖叫者幫著拿破崙粉飾太平，勤懇老實的拳擊手不疑有他，只知犧牲奉獻，甚至賠上性命在所不惜。

在雪球與拿破崙身上，你將看到一個國家、社會乃至企業組織，如何上演赤裸齷齪的權力爭奪戰。

在尖叫者身上，你將看到狗腿大王如何攀龍附鳳。

而在拳擊手身上，你將看到自己的一切努力如何地枉然與徒勞！

當今穩坐經典地位的《動物農莊》，出版當時卻再三遭到退稿。在威權人士與主流媒體滴水不漏的操作下，一代文豪歐威爾無視於輿論壓力，大無畏地戳破人們昧於「對國家忠誠」、「對威權迫害視若無睹」的重重精巧謊言，為滔滔濁世敲響一記警鐘——

覺悟吧！別再讓你我自甘淪為權力遊戲底下的一顆棋子，別再隨波逐流！

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About the author

George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on June 25, 1903 in Motihari in Bengal, India and later studied at Eton College for four years. He was an assistant superintendent with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He left that position after five years and moved to Paris, where he wrote his first two books: Burmese Days and Down and Out in Paris and London. He then moved to Spain to write but decided to join the United Workers Marxist Party Militia. After being decidedly opposed to communism, he served in the British Home Guard and with the Indian Service of the BBC during World War II. After the war, he wrote for the Observer and was literary editor for the Tribune. His best known works are Animal Farm and 1984. His other works include A Clergyman's Daughter, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia, and Coming Up for Air. He died on January 21, 1950 at the age of 46.