Status
Available
Genres
Collection
Publication
Penguin (1996), Edition: 50th Anniversary ed., 144 pages
User reviews
LibraryThing member et.carole
This is one of those profoundly idealistically based books. It gives a few worthwhile lessons, some of which are very against ideas that we embrace. Through the Rebellion and subsequent governance of the pigs, it seems almost that Orwell suggests democracy is doomed to fail. I think his deeper
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message, however, is that when government rules those who are passive and ignorant, it will take advantage of them. I found it very similar to 1984. Show Less
LibraryThing member Enid007
A bunch of barnyard animals fed up with their treatment who create a society to destroy their humans. This definitely has a deeper meaning to it... Animalism = Communism. I would say this book still apply to the government structure in any country
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1945
Physical description
7.5 inches
ISBN
9780451526342