Animal Farm

Animal Farm

by George Orwell
Animal Farm

Animal Farm

by George Orwell

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Even if you read this in school, it's time to read it again. Under the cuddly guise of an animal society, the encroaching totalitarian state is not lost on the pigs and the hamsters of the world. It's an unexpectedly cautionary tale that's widely banned for a reason.

ANIMAL FARM was George Orwell's satirical shot at the then-new totalitarianism of the left. It is so accurate that no one has been able to do it better or more effectively, or even come close. Who can forget "All Animals Are Created Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others." By putting wisdom in the mouths of animals, Orwell uses an age-old artifice and proves again how the pen can be mightier than the sword.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781998114450
Publisher: Aeons Classics
Publication date: 05/29/2024
Sold by: De Marque
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 11,917
File size: 204 KB

About the Author

George Orwell, the pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair, was born in Bengal, India, in 1903. He was educated at Eton, became a policeman in Burma but suffered and studied poverty. His great works, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, are a product of his hatred of totalitarianism. His legacy of writing and political thought is much admired today.

John Sutherland is the Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus of Modern English Literature, UCL, and has taught at the University of Edinburgh and the California Institute of Technology. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature he is the author of many books and articles including the well-received Orwell's Nose: A Pathological Biography in 2016 and Stephen Spender: The Authorized Biography (2004).

Table of Contents

How to studyv
How to use this guideix
Key to iconsx
Background1
The story of Animal Farm5
Who's who?10
The main animal characters10
The other animals19
The humans21
Themes23
How to get to the top23
How to tell lies25
The uses of literacy28
Down with "isms"29
Language, style and structure32
Just words?32
Do we laugh?33
The structure of the novel34
The use of repetition35
Commentary37
Chapter 138
Chapter 241
Chapter 344
Chapter 448
Chapter 551
Chapter 655
Chapter 758
Chapter 862
Chapter 966
Chapter 1071
Topics for discussion and brainstorming77
How to get an "A" in English Literature79
The exam essay80
Model answer and essay plans81
Glossary of literary terms84
Index86
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