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Animal Farm: A Fairy Story

Animal Farm: A Fairy Story

by George Orwell (Author), George Orwell (Author), George Orwell (Author), Ronald Carter (Editor)

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    Paperback 1999

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Synopsis

When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought, and find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another. Orwell's chilling `fairy story' is a timeless and devastating satire of idealism betrayed by power and corruption.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 128
 Edition: UK ed.
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 28 Oct 1999
ISBN 10: 0140817697
ISBN 13: 9780140817690

Author Bio
Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia. Ronald Carter is Emeritus Professor of Modern English Language at the University of Nottingham.