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Product Identifiers

PublisherBlackstone Audio, Incorporated

ISBN-101433210398

ISBN-139781433210396

eBay Product ID (ePID)19069227389

Product Key Features

Publication Year2008

TopicClassics, General, Literary, Political

Book TitleAnimal Farm

LanguageEnglish

GenreFiction

AuthorGeorge. Orwell

FormatCompact Disc

Dimensions

Item Length5.7 In.

Item Width5.2 In.

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

ReviewsA wise, compassionate, and illuminating fable of our times...The steadiness and lucidity of Orwell's merciless wit are reminiscent of Anatole France and even of Swift., Animal Farm ought to resonate because it's about the beguiling lure of messages that tell you they have answers...A very pertinent book for protecting you against making the small concessions towards being cruel or unfair or accepting injustice., Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works., A modern day fable, with modern implications in a deceiving simplicity...Orwell's animals exist in their own right, with a narrative as individual as it is apt in political parody.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal823.912

Edition DescriptionUnabridged edition

Table Of ContentIntroductionChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10

SynopsisNow an animated film adaptation produced and directed by Andy Serkis George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution has become an intimate part of our contemporary culture, with its treatment of democratic, fascist, and socialist ideals through an animal fable. The animals of Mr. Jones's Manor Farm are overworked, mistreated, and desperately seeking a reprieve. In their quest to create an idyllic society where justice and equality reign, the animals of Manor Farm revolt against their human rulers, establishing the democratic Animal Farm under the credo, "All Animals Are Created Equal." Out of their cleverness, the pigs--Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball--emerge as leaders of the new community. In a development of insidious familiarity, the pigs begin to assume ever greater amounts of power, while other animals, especially the faithful horse Boxer, assume more of the work. The climax of the story results in a brutal betrayal, when totalitarian rule is reestablished with the bloodstained postscript to the founding slogan: "But Some Animals Are More Equal than Others." This astonishing allegory, one of the most scathing satires in literary history, remains as fresh and relevant as the day it was published., In this political fable, the animals of Manor Farm revolt against their human rulers to establish the democratic Animal Farm. But as the society evolves, leaders become rulers and totalitarianism is re-established., George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution has become an intimate part of our contemporary culture, with its treatment of democratic, fascist, and socialist ideals through an animal fable. The animals of Mr. Jones' Manor Farm are overworked, mistreated, and desperately seeking a reprieve. In their quest to create an idyllic society where justice and equality reign, the animals of Manor Farm revolt against their human rulers, establishing the democratic Animal Farm under the credo, "All Animals Are Created Equal." Out of their cleverness, the pigs--Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball--emerge as leaders of the new community. In a development of insidious familiarity, the pigs begin to assume ever greater amounts of power, while other animals, especially the faithful horse Boxer, assume more of the work. The climax of the story is the brutal betrayal of Boxer, when totalitarian rule is reestablished with the bloodstained postscript to the founding slogan: "But Some Animals Are More Equal than Others." This astonishing allegory, one of the most scathing satires in literary history, remains as fresh and relevant as the day it was published.

Number of Pages3 pages