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- Author: George Orwell
- Preface: Russell Baker
- Publisher: Penguin
- Published: June 1996
- ISBN-10: 0452277507
- ISBN-13: 9780452277502
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 1996
- Subject: FICTION-GENERAL
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
By George Orwell, Russell Baker
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As ferociously fresh as it was more than a half century ago, ANIMAL FARM is a parable about would-be liberators everywhere. In witnessing the rise and bloody fall of these revolutionary animals through the lens of human history, the seeds of totalitarianism in the most idealistic organizations are visible; and in the most charismatic leaders, the souls of the cruelest oppressors appear. 101p.
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Four Legs Good, Two Legs Better
An Aesop’s fable with a ferocious message and cutting edge, Orwell’s tale of farm animals rebelling against human tyranny still rings true today. Humans can be bleating sheep, cynical mules or tyrannical pigs but, deep down, we are more terrible than any animal. Jingoism, herd mentality, simplicity, naïve trust and greed are as rampant and universal as ever and thus Orwell’s totalitarian tale remains as relevant as the day it was first published. This is a book that deserves to be read far more often than as part of an English calls syllabus and by more people than college freshmen.
