description: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” 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. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned—a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible.  When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell’s masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.
title: Animal Farm and Related Readings
titlecomplete: Animal Farm and Related Readings
characters: Old Major, Mollie (Animal Farm), Moses (Animal Farm), Napoleon, Boxer, Muriel, Snowball, Clover, Squealer, Mr. Jones (Animal Farm), Benjamin
genres: Fiction, Classics, Politics, Dystopia, Science Fiction, Read For School, Fantasy, Literature, Novels, School
ratings_count: 3693682
places: England
awards: awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, awardedAt: 1672560000000
name: Locus Award
category: Illustrated and Art Book, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Retro Hugo Award
category: Best Novella