Bibliograph

Animal farm, a fairy story, George Orwell ; pictures by Ralph Steadman

Type

Label

Animal farm, a fairy story, George Orwell ; pictures by Ralph Steadman

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Animal farm

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

patent document

Oclc number

754107349

Responsibility statement

George Orwell ; pictures by Ralph Steadman

Sub title

a fairy story

Summary

Since its publication fifty years ago, Animal Farm has become one of the most controversial books ever written. It has been translated into seventy languages and sold millions of copies throughout the world. This edition is being published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of its original U.S. publication. It features 100 full-color and halftone illustrations by world-renowned artist Ralph Steadman. As vital and relevant as it was fifty years ago, Animal Farm is a devastating satire of the Soviet Union by the man V. S. Pritchett called "the conscience of his generation." A fable about an uprising of farm animals against their human masters, it illustrates how new tyranny replaces old in the wake of revolutions and power corrupts even the noblest of causes. This anniversary edition includes Orwell's proposed but unpublished preface to the original edition and his preface to the 1947 Ukranian edition. These appendices evoke the historical context in which Orwell conceived and wrote his classic novel

Table Of Contents

Animal farm. -- Orwell's proposed preface to Animal farm. -- Orwell's preface to the Ukrainian edition

Target audience

adult

Classification