Animal Farm
(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By Orwell, George
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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 Wellington leads to the animals taking over the farm. Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities of the farmyard, the ...renamed Animal Farm is organized 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. Animal Farm - the history of a revolution that went wrong - is George Orwell's brilliant satire on the corrupting influence of power.
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ISBN |
9780141036137 |
Released NZ |
1 Sep 2008 |
Publisher |
Penguin |
Format |
Paperback, 2nd edition |
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Penguin Essentials |
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Awards, Reviews & Star Ratings
NZ Review |
'It is the book for everyone and Everyman, its brightness undimmed after fifty years' Ruth Rendell Animal Farm is a timeless satire on the central tragi-comedy of all politics--that is, the tragi-comedy of corruption by power' Timothy Garton Ash Animal Farm has seen off all the opposition. It's as valid today as it was fifty years ago' Ralph Steadman'Remains our great satire of the darker face of modern history' Malcolm Bradbury |
UK Review |
Bertrams Star Rating: 3 stars (out of 5) |
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Author's Bio
Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell) was born in 1903 in India and was schooled at Eton. From 1922 to 1927 he served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, which provided inspriation for his first novel, Burmese Days. He went on to become a journalist, working for the BBC, Tribune, the Observer and the Manchester Evening News. He is best known for his two novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. He died in 1950.
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