1984/Animal Farm: George Orwell Boxed Set (Audiobook) by George Orwell, Simon Prebble, Ralph Cosham

from MickyFine

Animal Farm Orwell's classic fable in which the animals, led by the pigs, evict Mr. Jones from the farm and begin to rule themselves on Animal Farm. Although I've never read the tale myself before, [Animal Farm] is so ingrained in the social consciousness that I knew every detail before it happen...

from Melina_Hiatt_Easter

Well-known sci-fi writer, George Orwell, will get students to thinking those what if questions. In 1984, he writes about a dystopian society of his future that is chilling and haunting. In Animal Farm, students can explore the deeper political themes and what if questions stemming from government...

from IanMPindar

Read a little bit about the Russian revolution before you start then match the allegorical characters to the real ones. You may not have had to argue with my English Teacher that it is a political allegory, "How do you know that?" he kept probing, and there is nothing wrong with challenge, probin...

from cbilbo

Animal Farm is an excellent story of how politics rears its ugly head in life. Animal farm is written to where younger kids can understand how government should and shouldn't work. Animal farm is an easy read for anybody. The complexity of the story is made to where it's easy to follow and compre...

from Michael_Rose

Animal Farm: I surprised myself by knocking this book hour within three hours. It's essentially he less graphic, less intense predecessor to 1984. A highly allegorical commentary on Stalinism. 1984: It's one of those "must read" books. I'm ashamed I didn't read it until recently. Like everyone el...