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  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (3 July 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141036133
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141036137
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (136 customer reviews)
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Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has been recognized as a classic of modern political satire. Fuelled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing--both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol, wear clothes, sleep in a bed or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the two-legged are, by definition, the enemy. Too soon, however, the pigs, who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power. "We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of the farm depend on us. Day and night, we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." While this swinish brotherhood sells out the revolution, cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed, the common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted, no better off than in the days when humans ran the farm. Satire Animal Farm may be, but it's a stony reader who remains unmoved when the stalwart workhorse, Boxer, having given his all to his comrades, is sold to the glue factory to buy booze for the pigs. Orwell's view of Communism is bleak indeed, but given the history of the Russian people since 1917, his pessimism has an air of prophecy. --Joyce Thompson --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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It is the book for everyone and Everyman, its brightness undimmed after fifty years (Ruth Rendell )

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Animal Farm has seen off all the opposition. It's as valid today as it was fifty years ago (Ralph Steadman )

Remains our great satire of the darker face of modern history (Malcolm Bradbury )
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Pigs run riot, 27 Aug 2003
By Boof (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Animal Farm: A Fairy Story (Paperback)
I can't believe I managed to get into my thirties and have only just read this book! What was I waiting for? It is pure brilliance. I laughed and cried the whole way through.
A group of animals on a farm decide to stage a rebellion and overthrow the farmer so that they can run the farm themselves. They dream of more food and freedom from humans ("four legs good, two legs bad"). It all starts well, but certain pigs have other plans. All the animal characters were fantastic. Boxer the horse broke my heart, Napolean and Squealer the pigs, although evil, were brilliantly written.
I can't praise this book enough.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad.", 15 Oct 2007
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This review is from: Animal Farm: A Fairy Story (Paperback)
Just before he dies, Old Major, an old pig, shares a dream he had with the animals of Manor Farm. In the dream, he saw a future where animals were no longer the servants of man but enjoyed the profits of their own labor.

His dream became reality much sooner then he imagined, however. Shortly after his death, the animals spontaneously revolt against the farm's owner, Jones, a mean drunk.

With the humans gone, the animals start working the farm together, anxious to enjoy the rewards. They also form their own government, a complete democracy where every animal has a say. They create seven commandments that they will all live by to make the newly renamed Animal Farm an even better place to live.

It isn't long, however, before the pigs begin to take a place of leadership because of their superior intelligence. Two in particular, Snowball and Napoleon, rise to the top and always take opposite sides on every issue.

The first year, things go smoothly. But the second year, things begin to fall apart and a leader emerges, slowly gaining more power. Will the other animals go along with the changes?

Having heard about this classic all my life, I finally decided it was time to become acquainted with it. I can see why everyone talks about it so much. It is a powerful allegory about the dangers of Socialism. And, while some of the commentary directed squarely at the USSR may be lost on today's readers, anyone familiar with the history of that country or the other communist countries in our history will certainly get the point. It's amazing how accurate George Orwell was years before things got bad in Russia.

While it did take me a few minutes to truly get the ending, it was very chilling.

The best part is, the book is fun, too. The story moves quickly and the animal characters are so well drawn it's hard not to get pulled in to the story. I was hooked and couldn't wait to see how it ended.

Some classics are boring and hard to get through. This isn't one of them. Don't fear the classic label, but pick this up and read it today. You'll be glad you did.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A book for all times, & not only just about communism ..., 5 Feb 2009
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As the first reviewer said, it is a book that everyone should read ...
Trouble is, the title probably makes people think it is only about animals on four legs ...
I'm amazed that there are so few reviews about this classic book.
In the current financial crisis (circa 2009), the pigs could represent the financial moguls who fundamentally brought about the crisis (in over a century) by having created money out of debt and demanded interest on the money they did not actually own.

The other relevant classic by Orwell is 1984 (ISBN: 0141036141)
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