Animal Farm
Publisher details
- Author
- George Orwell
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Genre
- Fiction
- Released
- 17 August, 1945
Synopsis
'It is the history of a revolution that went wrong – and of the excellent excuses that were forthcoming at every step for the perversion of the original doctrine,' wrote Orwell for the first edition of Animal Farm in 1945.Orwell wrote the novel at the end of 1943, but it almost remained unpublished. Its savage attack on Stalin, at that time Britain's ally, led to the book being refused by publisher after publisher. Orwell's simple, tragic fable, telling what happens when the animals drive out Mr Jones and attempt to run the farm themselves, has since become a world famous classic.'It is the book for everyone and Everyman, its brightness undimmed after fifty years.' Ruth Rendell, Daily Telegraph#82 in ABC My Favourite Book
Books by George Orwell
1984
Animal Farm
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