Animal Farm Pdf - George Orwell
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This book was first thought of, so far as the central idea
goes, in 1937, but was not written down until about the
end of 1943. By the time when it came to be written
it was obvious that there would be great difficulty in
getting it published (in spite of the present book shortage
which ensures that anything describable as a book will
“sell”), and in the event it was refused by four publishers.
Only one of these had any ideological motive. Two had
been publishing anti-Russian books for years, and the
other had no noticeable political colour. One publisher
actually started by accepting the book, but after making
the preliminary arrangements he decided to consult the
Ministry of Information, who appear to have warned him,
or at any rate strongly advised him, against publishing it.
This kind of thing is not a good symptom. Obviously
it is not desirable that a government department should
have any power of censorship (except security censorship,
which no one objects to in war time) over books which are
not officially sponsored. But the chief danger to freedom
of thought and speech at this moment is not the direct
interference of the MOI or any official body. If publishers
and editors exert themselves to keep certain topics out of
print, it is not because they are frightened of prosecution
but because they are frightened of public opinion.
In this
country intellectual cowardice is the worst enemy a writer
or journalist has to face, and that fact does not seem to
me to have had the discussion it deserves.
Any fairminded person with journalistic experience
will admit that during this war official censorship has not
been particularly irksome. We have not been subjected to
the kind of totalitarian “co-ordination” that it might have
been reasonable to expect. The press has some justified
grievances, but on the whole the Government has behaved well and has been surprisingly tolerant of minority
opinions. The sinister fact about literary censorship in
England is that it is largely voluntary................................................
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