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Animal Farm: Centennial Edition by George Orwell; Ann Patchett; Russell Baker; C M Woodhouse is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Animal Farm: Centennial Edition about?

Amazon.com ReviewSince its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea as the Shortest Serious Novel It's OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars, and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol, wear clothes, sleep in a bed, or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the two-legged are, by definition, the enemy. Too soon, however, the pigs, who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power. "We pigs are brainworkers. The w

Who reads Animal Farm: Centennial Edition?

Author

George Orwell; Ann Patchett; Russell Baker; C M Woodhouse

Publisher

Plume : Harcourt Brace

Published

1945

Language

EN

ISBN

9780451526342

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy

Rating

3.88 / 5 (1,928,931 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14