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Animal Farm: 75th Anniversary Edition

75th Anniversary Edition—Includes a New Introduction by Téa Obreht

George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire of 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.

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Published Apr 6, 2004

140 pages

Average rating: 7.89

810 RATINGS

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Oree
Jun 25, 2025
8/10 stars
This book was required reading when I was in middle school but I definitely appreciate it more as an adult. The more things change the more they stay the same. The creativity of using different animals to portrait different types of citizens in an oppressive regime was uncanny and unique. This book is one of my favorite satirical pieces.
The.Gouda
Mar 18, 2025
10/10 stars
Even though the book parallels elements of Soviet Russia in the 1940's, this book closely reflects our current political climate.
Jayney
Jul 27, 2025
8/10 stars
I enjoyed this book, very interesting.
Jeano
Jul 27, 2025
8/10 stars
I read this 50 years ago ,loved it but would read again now with probably a different view on things
Rhirhih
Jul 26, 2025
9/10 stars
Love a satirical lefty book

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