Synopsis
Animal Farm is George Orwell’s brilliant political satire and allegorical fable about the corrupting effects of power. Published in 1945 it is, to this day, one of the most famous and influential works of fiction ever written.
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Details
07 January 2021
128 pages
9781529032673
Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Reviews
If you are looking for allegorical literature to understand today’s politics, Animal Farm is a great guidepost.Observer
The Cold War Candide . . . Virtually every detail in Animal Farm allegorizes some incident in that history.New Yorker
Animal Farm is moving, bitter and a warning from history . . . [it] is one of the greatest socio-political works of all time.Fantasy Book Review
Animal Farm is a biting satire of totalitarianism . . . Orwell is unnervingly precise in the way he depicts each step on the road from revolution to tyranny.Common Sense Media