| Animal Farm Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Orwell, George (Author), Baker, Russell (Preface by), Obreht, Tea (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0452277507 ISBN-13: 9780452277502 Publisher: Berkley Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1996 Annotation: A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they embark on the creation of 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 fifty years ago, 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Political - Fiction | Satire |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1170 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 7.8" (0.22 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Catalog Heading - Classics - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 727 Reading Level: 7.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: NOW AVAILABLE: The 75th Anniversary Edition with a new introduction by T a Obreht *Please note that customers will receive either a green or yellow 75th anniversary edition cover 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. |