Animal Farm (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: George Orwell
- First Published: 1945
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Allegory, Fantasy, Animal tale
- Subjects: Dictators, Language or languages, Power, personal or social, Communism or communists, Politics, Twentieth century, Revolutions, England or English people, Farms, farmers, or farming, Pigs, Corruption, Totalitarianism, Horses, Utopias, Animals
- Locales: England
Places Discussed
Manor Farm. English farm at which the entire novel is set. When the novel opens, it is called Manor Farm and is run by a farmer named Jones. These names indicate that this farm stands for any farm, or any place, and that the entire novel should be read as an allegory. However, since Orwell wrote in the introduction to the Ukrainian edition that he wanted to expose the Soviet myth, Animal Farm also stands for the Soviet Union in particular. When the animals take over the farm, they rename it Animal Farm; when the pigs revert to the name Manor Farm in the...
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