Animal farm : a fairy story /
When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Penguin Classics,
2000.
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| Summary: | When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought, and find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another. Orwell's chilling 'fairy story' is a timeless and devastating satire of idealism betrayed by power and corruption. 2015 is the 70th anniversary of Animal Farm. |
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| Item Description: | Illustrated edition originally published : [London] : Martin Secker & Warburg, 1954. |
| Physical Description: | 114 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780241196687 024119668X 9780141182704 0141182709 |