Animal Farm
by George Orwell
Animal Farm is
the most famous by far of all twentieth-century political allegories.
Its account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their
vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny erected by their own
kind, can fairly be said to have become a universal drama. Orwell is one
of the very few modern satirists comparable to Jonathan Swift in power,
artistry, and moral authority; in animal farm his spare prose and the
logic of his dark comedy brilliantly highlight his stark message.
Taking
as his starting point the betrayed promise of the Russian Revolution,
Orwell lays out a vision that, in its bitter wisdom, gives us the
clearest understanding we possess of the possible consequences of our
social and political acts."a wise, compassionate, and illuminating fable of our times…" -- New York Times Book Review
