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Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farm

75th Anniversary Edition

George Orwell

Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · April 6, 2004

The ClassicsSatirePolitical FictionDystopia
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Themes
Totalitarianism, Revolution and tyranny, Equality and justice
Genres
Satire, Political Fiction, The Classics
Published
Penguin Publishing Group, April 6, 2004

Sharp Fable

Orwell’s allegorical fable pairs savage comedy with a clear-eyed look at power and revolution.

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  • Political satire with a sharp sense of humor
  • A fable about ideals curdling into tyranny

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  • A compact, accessible story with layered political meaning
  • A tale whose warning reaches beyond its original target

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About this book

75th Anniversary Edition—Includes a New Introduction by Téa Obreht George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire of a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality.

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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. When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell’s masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.

Where it sits

The Classics97%
Political Fiction82%
Satire61%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • The Classics
  • Political Fiction
  • Satire
Authors
George Orwell
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
April 6, 2004
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Totalitarianism · Revolution and tyranny · Equality and justice
Reading lane
The Classics