Скотный двор / Animal Farm

Скотный двор / Animal Farm

George Orwell

Эксклюзивное чтение на английском языке

«Скотный двор» – сатирическая притча Джорджа Оруэлла, рассказывающая о домашних животных, восставших против фермера в надежде построить общество, в котором не будет места жестокости и неравенству. Однако одна тирания сменилась другой, а вожделенное светлое будущее теперь кажется еще более недосягаемым, чем прежде.

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Джордж Оруэлл

Скотный двор / Animal Farm

© Матвеев С.А., 2021

В© РћРћРћ В«Р?здательство РђРЎРўВ», 2021

Chapter I

Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm[1 - Manor Farm – ферма «Усадьба»], locked the hen-houses for the night. But he was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes[2 - pop-holes – дыры в стене]. He drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery, and made his way up to bed, where Mrs.

As soon as the light in the bedroom went out there was a fluttering all through the farm buildings. They said during the day that old Major, the prize boar, had a strange dream and wished to communicate it to the other animals. The animals will all meet in the big barn as soon as Mr. Jones is gone. Old Major (so he was always called, though his name was Willingdon Beauty) was so highly regarded on the farm that everyone was quite ready to lose an hour’s sleep in order to listen to him.

At one end of the big barn, on a raised platform, Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from a beam. He was twelve years old and was stout, but he was still a majestic-looking pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of his tushes[3 - tushes – клыки]. Soon the other animals began to arrive and make themselves comfortable.