Description: Orwell's 1945 fable about the power struggles among animals on a farm parallels the situation in Russia at the time as Orwell saw it; the characters include the ruthless pig Stalin, his idealistic Trotsky-like adversary, and the simple, ...
Synopsis Orwell's 1945 fable about the power struggles among animals on a farm parallels the situation in Russia at the time as Orwell saw it; the characters include the ruthless pig Stalin, his idealistic Trotsky-like adversary, and the simple, kindly horse who represents the common man.
Details
Publication Date:
1999-01-01
Series:
Transaction Large Print Books
Edition Description:
Large Print
Size
Length:
113 pages
Height:
9.8 in
Width:
6.3 in
Thickness:
0.5 in
Weight:
10.4 oz
Publisher's Note A satire on totalitarianism in which farm animals overthrow their human owner and set up their own government.
Industry Reviews "'Animal Farm' is a wise, compassionate and illuminating fable for our times." New York Times Book Review - Arthur M. Schlesinger (08/25/1946)
"Beautiful...graced by bracingly savage Ralph Steadman illustrations....a reissue made all the more timely by the current crisis in the former Soviet Union." Rosenbaum