Animal Farm: A Fairy Story(Subtitle): Also Including in Two Appendices Orwell's Proposed Preface And the Preface to the Ukrainian Edition (Twentieth Century Classics S.) - Softcover

Orwell, George

 
9780140182262: Animal Farm: A Fairy Story(Subtitle): Also Including in Two Appendices Orwell's Proposed Preface And the Preface to the Ukrainian Edition (Twentieth Century Classics S.)

Synopsis

George Orwell's classic book, first published in 1945, is presented here with a new introduction by Malcolm Bradbury. It is a satire in fable form on revolutionary and post-revolutionary Russia, and, by extension, on all revolutions.

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About the Author

Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.

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