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Modern Classics Animal Farm
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Modern Classics Animal Farm Paperback - 2000

by George Orwell; Foreword by Malcolm Bradbury


Summary

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. Orwell's chilling 'fairy story' is a timeless and devastating satire of idealism betrayed by power and corruption.

From the publisher

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 lite 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. Orwell's chilling 'fairy story' is a timeless and devastating satire of idealism betrayed by power and corruption.

Details

  • Title Modern Classics Animal Farm
  • Author George Orwell; Foreword by Malcolm Bradbury
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition reprint
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Group, London
  • Date February 24, 2000
  • ISBN 9780141182704 / 0141182709
  • Weight 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.34 in (19.81 x 12.95 x 0.86 cm)
  • Reading level 1170
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.