Animal Farm: 75th Anniversary Edition Mass market paperbound - 2004
by George Orwell; Afterword by Russell Baker; Introduction by Tea Obreht
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 Illustrations and Orwell's proposed but unpublished preface are included in this anniversary edition.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.
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Readers overwhelmingly hail Animal Farm as a timeless political fable: a clear, compact allegory of the Russian Revolution and Stalinism that doubles as a universal warning about totalitarianism, propaganda, and the corruption of ideals. Its brevity and simple prose make it highly accessible and widely taught, while its themes feel urgently relevant across eras and countries. Many single out the chilling final pages and Boxer’s fate as especially memorable. Some note censorship histories and adaptations as part of its cultural resonance. A minority criticize the book as heavy?handed and more polemic than novelistic, but the consensus remains that it is a classic that rewards rereading.
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Secker and Warburg first published Animal Farm in London in 1945. With a print run of just 4,000 copies, the first edition is bound in green cloth and states “First Published May 1945” on the copyright page. The original green and grey dust jacket is famously fragile as it was cheaply produced to meet Wartime Economy Standards.
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- Title Animal Farm: 75th Anniversary Edition
- Author George Orwell; Afterword by Russell Baker; Introduction by Tea Obreht
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition 50th Anniversary
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Signet Book, New York, NY
- Publication date 2004-04-06
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9780451526342 / 0451526341
- Weight 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
- Dimensions 7.4 x 4.1 x 0.5 in (18.80 x 10.41 x 1.27 cm)
- Age range 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1170
- Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
- Library of Congress subjects Animals, Political fiction
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97815303
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Booklist, 12/15/1997, Page 695
- Newsweek, 02/18/2008, Page 17
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