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, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another . . .
George Orwell's famous satire of the Soviet Union, in which “all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.”
With extraordinary relevance and renewed popularity, George Orwell’s 1984 takes on new life in this hardcover edition. “Orwell saw, to his credit, that the act of falsifying reality is only secondarily a way of changing perceptions.
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Orwell’s “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” has morphed into the new rallying cry: “All animals are born equal—what they become is their own affair.” A brilliant political satire and literary ...
George Orwells' Animal Farm is a 1945 book about a group of animals on a farm who organise a revolution, and take over from their human owners to run the farm themselves.
A powerful and straightforward dramatisation of Orwell's enduring parable on the perils of totalitarianism.
Discusses the characters, plot, and writing of Animal farm by George Orwell. Includes critical essays on the novel and a brief biography of the author.
An analysis of George Orwell's 1944 novel "Animal Farm," featuring early reviews of the book, a range of essays discussing the social and political meaning of the story, and biographical information about the author.
A dramatisation of George Orwelll's classic satire, Animal Farm.
ANIMAL FARM: The novel was chosen by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.