a fairy story Orwell, George 1903-1950 creator Patchett, Ann 1963- Baker, Russell (Russell Wayne) 1925-2019 text Political fiction. Satire. Fables. nyu New York Plume Harcourt Brace [2003] 2003 Centennial ed. monographic eng

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xxix, 97 pages ; 21 cm. :Orwell's 1945 fable about the power struggles among animals on a farm parallels the situation in Russia at the time as Orwell saw it; the characters include the ruthless pig Stalin, his idealistic Trotsky-like adversary, and the simple, kindly horse who represents the common man. All animals are equals but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is the account of the bold struggle, initiated by the animals, that transforms Mr. Jones's Manor Farm into Animal Farm, a wholly democratic society built on the credo that all animals are created equal. Out of their cleverness, the pigs Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball emerge as leaders of the new community in a subtle evolution that proves disastrous. The climax is the brutal betrayal of the faithful horse Boxer, when totalitarian rule is re-established with the bloodstained postscript to the founding slogan: but some animals are more equal than others. by George Orwell ; with a foreword to the Centennial edition by Ann Patchett ; with a preface by Russell Baker. Domestic animals Fiction Totalitarianism Fiction PR 6029 O79 2003 823/.912 0452284244 9780452284241 2003274731 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2003274731-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2003274731-d.html DLC 031002 20260423124423.0 13360071 eng