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Animal Farm

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Under the feckless husbandry of Mr. Jones, the Manor Farm has fallen into disrepair. Pushed into hardship, the animals decide to stage a revolt, and, led by two young pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, they overthrow Mr. Jones and drive him away from the farm. In the subsequent struggle for power, it is Napoleon who emerges as a victor: he renames the place "Animal Farm", gets rid of his enemies and, by the way he behaves -- eexpecting to be glorified above the others and turning the screw on his fellow beasts in order to keep them subjugated -- begins to resemble more and more the former rulers of the farm, the hated humans. Written during the Second World War and published in 1945, this allegorical novel is a carefully constructed critique of the Russian Revolution and a sharp satire on the abuse of power. It remains unsurpassed both as a document of its time and as a testament to the versality and creative genius of George Orwell.

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Series Title

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Call Number

823 ORW a

Publisher

United Kingdom : Alma Classics., 2021

Collation

121 pgs.; 20 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781847498588

Classification

823

Content Type

text

Media Type

unmediated

Carrier Type

other (unmediated)

Edition

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Subject(s)

Satire
Political Fiction
Allegory
Totalitarianism

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Statement of Responsibility

George Orwell

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