Animal Farm

by George Orwell., Kim Stanley Robinson (Introduction), Frank Kelly Freas (Illustrator)

This remarkable book has been described in many ways—as a masterpiece...a fairy story...a brilliant satire...a frightening view of the future.

A devastating attack on the pig-headed, gluttonous and avaricious rulers in an imaginary totalitarian state, it illuminates the range of human experience from love to hate, from comedy to tragedy.

Includes an Introduction by Kim Stanley Robinson.

Genres: Classics, Politics, Literature, Fiction

118 pages, Leather Bound

Published January 1, 2004

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Reviews

[Tom S]

"Meet the new boss, Same as the old boss."
The Who; "Won't Get Fooled Again"; 1971.

I read this in 2006, 2014, 2021, and 2024, and I enjoy it more each time. Orwell's short classic is excellent; I rank it just behind his masterpiece, NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR. ANIMAL FARM is so well constructed that it manages to keep my interest after multiple re-reads. I could open the book tomorrow, and I would find myself enthralled in the activity that ensues on "Manor Farm". I look forward to reading this short classic again soon.

"ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS" (112)

[Martin]

I reread this so I could talk about it with Veronica, who is reading it for school.

Remains a great book with a great lesson.

[BigHeadWalt]

So, So good...
Creeping fascism in a Fable

[Scott Becker]

We sure can learn a lot about ourselves from farmyard animals.