Animal Farm (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Eric Arthur Blair
- First Published: 1945
- Type of Work: Political Satire
- 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
Major, an old pig, gathers the animals of the Manor Farm together to tell them that if it were not for the presence of man they could achieve a utopia. Soon afterward, the animals revolt against Mr. Jones, the owner, and take over the farm themselves, changing its name to Animal Farm.
For a time all goes well, but eventually the animals must yield much of the affairs of management to the pigs, the most intelligent of the animals. Among the pigs, Snowball and Napoleon continually vie for leadership, until Napoleon drives out his rival and declares him to be a traitor.
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