- British and Irish fiction (fictional works by one author), political satire, classic, animal drama
Animal Farm is a brilliant political satire and a powerful and affecting story of revolutions and idealism, power and corruption. 'All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.' Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Snowball leads to the animals taking over the farm. Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities of the farmyard, the renamed Animal Farm is organised to benefit all who walk on four legs. But as time passes, the ideals of the rebellion are corrupted, then forgotten. And something new and unexpected emerges..
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Plot-driven, prestige, meticulous and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- rawmeticulous
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- George Orwell
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 128
- Publisher
- Del Fondo, Signet, Editions Flammarion
- Editions
- 652
- Language
- yid, ukr, Polish, Italian
- ISBN
- 9780141393056
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“Den Hühnerstall seines Gutshofes hatte Mr. Jones am Abend abgeschlossen, aber so betrunken, wie er war, hatte er nicht daran gedacht, auch die Ausschlupfklappen zu schließen.”
George Orwell, originally born as Eric Arthur Blair, was an English novelist and journalist. His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social injustice, an intense, revolutionary opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language and a belief in democratic socialism. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell
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