| Animal Farm: 75th Anniversary Edition Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Orwell, George (Author), Baker, Russell (Preface by), Obreht, Tea (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0451526341 ISBN-13: 9780451526342 Publisher: Signet Book OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: In this controversial classic fairy tale, a farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality, setting the stage for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned. Illustrations and Orwell's proposed but unpublished preface are included in this anniversary edition. Reissue. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Political - Fiction | Satire |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97815303 |
| Lexile Measure: 1170 |
| Series: Signet Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.1" W x 7.4" (0.25 lbs) 176 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 727 Reading Level: 7.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 75th Anniversary Edition--Includes a New Introduction by T a Obreht George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel--a scathing satire on a downtrodden society's blind march towards totalitarianism. SOON TO BE A NETFLIX FILM "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned--a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell's masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh. |