has the double meaning, the sharp edge, and the lucidity of Swift.- Atlantic Monthly A wise, compassionate, and illuminating fable for our times.- The New York Times Orwell has worked out his theme with a simplicity, a wit, and a dryness that are close to La Fontaine and Gay, and has written in a prose so plain and spare, so admirably proportioned to his purpose, that Animal Farm even seems very creditable if we compare it with Voltaire and Swift.-Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker Orwells satire here is amply broad, cleverly conceived, and delightfully written.- San Francisco Chronicle The book for everyone and Everyman, its brightness undimmed after fifty years.-Ruth Rendell About The Author George Orwell (pseudonym for Eric Blair ) was born in Bengal and educated at Eton after service with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, he returned to Europe to earn his living penning novels and essays. Review Quotes Animal Farm remains our great satire on the darker face of modern history.-Malcolm Bradbury As lucid as glass and quite as sharp. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwells masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh. When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned-a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. SOON TO BE A NETFLIX FILM! All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. Book Synopsis 75th Anniversary Edition-Includes a New Introduction by Ta Obreht George Orwells timeless and timely allegorical novel-a scathing satire on a downtrodden societys blind march towards totalitarianism. Illustrations and Orwells proposed but unpublished preface are included in this anniversary edition. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality, setting the stage for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned. About the Book In this controversial classic fairy tale, a farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals.
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