Animal Farm: A Fairy Story

George Orwell

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jul 1, 2009 - Fiction - 144 pages

George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is an intimate part of our contemporary culture. It is the account of the bold struggle, initiated by the animals, that transforms Mr. Jones's Manor Farm into Animal Farm--a wholly democratic society built on the credo that All Animals Are Created Equal. Out of their cleverness, the pigs Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball emerge as leaders of the new community in a subtle evolution that proves disastrous. The climax is the brutal betrayal of the faithful horse Boxer, when totalitarian rule is reestablished with the bloodstained postscript to the founding slogan: But some Animals Are More Equal Than Others. . . . 

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Review: Animal Farm

User Review  - Virtuella - Goodreads

Reminded me of why I dislike allegory. Why not just write an essay about the history of the Soviet Union? It would be more honest and probably more interesting. A stupid, lazy and trivial story that ...

Review: Animal Farm

User Review  - Jessie - Goodreads

when I read this book it was when I was in 10th grade and I didn't have a choice in the matter. If your into politics or knowing about how other countries rule their people then this book is for you ...

About the author

GEORGE ORWELL (1903-1950) was born in India and served with the Imperial Police in Burma before joining the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell was the author of six novels as well as numerous essays and nonfiction works.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
• Author: George Orwell
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009
• ISBN: 0547370229, 9780547370224
• Length: 144 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General