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Animal Farm

By George Orwell
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Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegorical novella that explores the rise of authoritarianism through a farm animals' revolt against their human farmer. Seeking a utopian society of equality, the animals quickly fall under the oppressive rule of the pigs, who manipulate and control them. It is a biting critique of power and corruption, examining the dynamics of leadership and the loss of freedom.
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Animal Farm

When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control.

When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality.

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Orwell's chillingly resonant allegorical fable, in a stunning new cover look for his great works.

'All animals are equal - but some are more equal than others'

When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought, and find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another.

Animal Farm is described as the history of a revolution that went wrong - and of the excellent excuses that were forthcoming at every step for the perversion of the original doctrine, as Orwell wrote for the first edition in 1945. Orwell's simple, tragic fable has since become a world-famous classic.

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Some reviews highlight that Animal Farm remains a powerful satire of modern history's darker aspects. The novel continues to be relevant and impactful even years after its publication, maintaining its significance in contemporary discussions.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141393056

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 January 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Malcolm Bradbury

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 9.0mm

Width: 111.0mm

Height: 181.0mm

Weight: 82g

Pages: 128

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Fiction General Fiction George Orwell Literary Fiction Most Popular Books of All Time Penguin Books Penguin Classics

About the Author

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. All his novels and non-fiction, including Burmese Days (1934), Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), The Road to Wigan Pier (1937) and Homage to Catalonia (1938) are published in Penguin Modern Classics.

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