Animal Farm by George Orwell
A Fairy Story
"Animal Farm" is a satirical fable set on a farm where the animals revolt, overthrow their human farmer, and take over the running of the farm for themselves. The story is an allegory of the Russian Revolution and the rise of Stalin, and the tale is told by the animals that inhabit the farm, primarily pigs who become the ruling class. Despite their initial attempts at creating an equal society, corruption and power ultimately lead to a regime as oppressive as the one they overthrew.
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- Published
- 1945
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 50-150
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- A Quinta Dos Animais
- A Revolução Dos Bichos
- Animal Farm
- Animal Farm / 1984
- Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
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- 3rd on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
- 8th on Top 50 Books (The Folio Society)
- 13th on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
- 13th on Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books (NPR)
- 17th on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
- 18th on Kanon na koniec wieku (Canon at the end of the century) (Rzeczpospolita (newspaper))
- 31st on The Modern Library | 100 Best Novels (Modern Library)
- 33rd on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 46th on The Big Read (BBC)
- 62nd on The 100 Greatest British Novels (BBC)
- 64th on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
- 82nd on My Favourite Book - Australian Big Read (Australian Big Read)
- 86th on The 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century (Folha de São Paulo)
- 128th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
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- Books that Shaped the Century (LOGOS 20th Century Books Project)
- Daily Telegraph's 100 Books of the Century, 1900-1999 (Daily Telegraph)
- Great Books of the Western World (Great Books Foundation)
- Select 100 (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
- The 100 Best Books in the World (AbeBooks.de (in German))
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- The Best Classics (The Times)
- The Booklist Century: 100 Books, 100 Years (BookList)
- The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics (Book)
- The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (The College Board, an American not-for-profit organization)
- The Graphic Canon (Book)
- The Hundred Most Influential Books Since The War (WW2) (Central and East European Publishing Project)
- The New Lifetime Reading Plan (The New Lifetime Reading Plan)
- 'The perfect library': the 196 books selected by 133 personalities (XLSemanal and Zenda)
- TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)