Animal Farm: A Fairy Story

George Orwell

Jul 2009 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

The animals of Manor Farm have revolted and taken over. Upon the death of Old Major, pigs Snowball and Napoleon lead a revolt against Mr. Jones, driving him from the farm. The animals embrace the Seven Commandments of Animalism and life carries on, but they learn that a farm ruled by animals looks more human than ever.

Ratings and reviews

A fun book that is very relevant today. Liberal crybabies are the hogs, while the middle class are the horses. We will work ourselves to death to try to please the lazy snowflakes that demand more for free.

Harper Collins £15 (2003 edition) For £2 more get the Omnibus edition that includes Nineteen Eighty-Four or alternatively buy the books from a more ethical publisher and save yourself at least a tenner. The novel: 10/10 This edition: 0/10

Merely in personal experience I found this book to have very interesting concepts but the writing was a little too old to be read fluent but my modernised brain haha. Still a brilliant book.

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.