Animal Farm

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Animal Farm
by George Orwell

ISBN: 9780451526342
, new

Brief Description:
75th Anniversary Edition—Includes a New Introduction by Téa Obreht George
Orwell’s timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a
downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism. “All animals are
equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” A farm is taken over
by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring
slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and
equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables
ever penned—a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the
evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as
terrible. When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen
as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever
freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage
comedy of George Orwell’s masterpiece have a meaning and message still
ferociously fresh.

Target Age Group: Ages 18 And Up, Grades 13 And Up