Animal Farm: 75th Anniversary Edition (Paperback)

from katiekrug

A perfectly executed political allegory and indictment of totalitarianism, Animal Farm is also an engaging story full of insight and humor. There are purges, obligatory "spontaneous" celebrations, and a cult of personality to make Stalin proud. But in the end, it is heartbreaking to an extent I d...

from Smiler69

Originally published in 1945, Animal Farm set out to denounce Stalin's communist regime with an allegorical tale featuring animals representing the figureheads of communism. The story begins with Old Major, an aging boar (Karl Marx and Lenin rolled into one) when he gathers the animals of the far...

from DragonFreak

An old pig named Major predicted a time when the poor, abused animals of a farm with rise against their cruel owners and rule mankind. He never lived to see his vision come true, because right after that, all the other pigs, the horses, dogs, sheep, cows, hens, and cats rebelled, took control of ...

from Phr33k

This book is set in an England where animals can talk. It starts off with a meeting of all the animals of Manor Farm coming to listen to the words of Old Major, the oldest animal on the farm, as well as the smartest of the pigs, who has a vision for the future. A vision in which all animals are f...

from protikche

A better satire on authoritarianism has perhaps not been written. Its simplicity is such that it can be enjoyed by children and adults alike, though enjoyed wont be quite the right word for adults, but enjoy we do, nevertheless. Though generally known as a satire on the Russian revolution and the...