Animal Farm: A Fairy Story

Animal Farm: A Fairy Story

by George Orwell, Eric Blair
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story

Animal Farm: A Fairy Story

by George Orwell, Eric Blair

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Overview

2021 Facsimile of the 1945 Edition. This is now considered a classic Satire on dictatorship and one of Orwell's most enduring short novels. Fueled 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. The future, however, is far from certain as the drama plays out in actual events. A cautionary tale.

Reviews

"Animal Farm remains our great satire on the darker face of modern history."-Malcolm Bradbury

"As lucid as glass and quite as sharp...[Animal Farm] has the double meaning, the sharp edge, and the lucidity of Swift."-Atlantic Monthly

"A wise, compassionate, and illuminating fable for our times."-The New York Times

"Orwell has worked out his theme with a simplicity, a wit, and a dryness that are close to La Fontaine and Gay, and has written in a prose so plain and spare, so admirably proportioned to his purpose, that Animal Farm even seems very creditable if we compare it with Voltaire and Swift."-Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker

"Orwell's satire here is amply broad, cleverly conceived, and delightfully written."-San Francisco Chronicle

"The book for everyone and Everyman, its brightness undimmed."-Ruth Rendell


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781946963444
Publisher: Albatross Publishers
Publication date: 01/01/2021
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 58
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.15(d)
Age Range: 9 - 12 Years

About the Author

George Orwell (1903–1950), the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, was an English novelist, essayist, and critic. He was born in India and educated at Eton. After service with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, he returned to Europe to earn his living by writing. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of 1984 (1949), which brought him worldwide fame. 

Table of Contents

How to studyv
How to use this guideix
Key to iconsx
Background1
The story of Animal Farm5
Who's who?10
The main animal characters10
The other animals19
The humans21
Themes23
How to get to the top23
How to tell lies25
The uses of literacy28
Down with "isms"29
Language, style and structure32
Just words?32
Do we laugh?33
The structure of the novel34
The use of repetition35
Commentary37
Chapter 138
Chapter 241
Chapter 344
Chapter 448
Chapter 551
Chapter 655
Chapter 758
Chapter 862
Chapter 966
Chapter 1071
Topics for discussion and brainstorming77
How to get an "A" in English Literature79
The exam essay80
Model answer and essay plans81
Glossary of literary terms84
Index86
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