"Animal Farm" by George Orwell

[Guest]

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Animal Farm is a dystopian novella in the form of an allegory by George Orwell. Published in England on 17 August 1945, the book reflects events leading up to and during the Stalin era before World War II. Orwell, a democratic socialist[1] and a member of the Independent Labour Party for many years, was a critic of Joseph Stalin and was suspicious of Moscow-directed Stalinism after his experiences with the NKVD during the Spanish Civil War. In a letter to Yvonne Davet, Orwell described Animal Farm as his novel "contre Stalin".[2]

The original title was Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, but A Fairy Story was dropped by the US publishers for its 1946 publication. Of all the translations during Orwell's lifetime, only Telugu kept the original title. Other variations in the title include: A Satire and A Contemporary Satire.[2] Orwell suggested for the French translation the title Union des r?publiques socialistes animales, recalling the French name of the Soviet Union, Union des r?publiques socialistes sovi?tiques, and which abbreviates URSA, which means "bear" in Latin.[2]

Time Magazine chose the book as one of the 100 best English-language novels (1923 to 2005);[3] it also places at number 31 on the Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Novels. It won a Retrospective Hugo Award in 1996 and is also included in the Great Books of the Western World.

[stardust47]

I've read 1984 and Animal Farm doesn't look much different.

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[Guest]

It's not, however I could not find 1984 on the interwebz, and I have yet to read it. This is the book I chose for my project at collage.

[Sarawr!?]

Animal Farm, I've yet to read, but I used to have a hardcover copy of 1984, Great book.

And a lot of the things from that book are true of the way things are in the world today.

*nods a bit*

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[mwerte]

Animal farm and 1984 are quite different, and both worth the read. Animal farm in particular is very short, and shouldn't take more then a day.

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[Guest]

Indeed didn't. Tho I was told that they are simmilar, except that the writer is making a shot in the future...or is it another book I am talking about.

[Lux]

Indeed didn't. Tho I was told that they are simmilar, except that the writer is making a shot in the future...or is it another book I am talking about.

George Orwell is deceased, and has been for over half a century. If he writes something else now, I'll be very scared indeed.

:laugh:

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THEY TOLD ME I COULD BE ANYTHING SO I BECAME A SIGNATURE PLS HLP

[Guest]

George Orwell is deceased, and has been for over half a century. If he writes something else now, I'll be very scared indeed.

:laugh:

I didn't mention he was alive, my friend. Simply that I have yet to read the book and now that I checked Wiki, I was right. 40 years in the future, woot.

[Lux]

I didn't mention he was alive, my friend. Simply that I have yet to read the book and now that I checked Wiki, I was right. 40 years in the future, woot.

[...] except that the writer is making a shot in the future [...]

I suppose I misinterpreted that. Oh well.

Might as well make something constructive out of this post. Much as the message in it is good, 1984 has such a depressing ending. It's a good novel, but I hate feeling down after reading something. I'd read Animal Farm if I didn't think that the same was probably true for it as well.

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[Sarawr!?]

If George Orwell could see the way the world was now, he'd probably roll over in his grave.

*sagenod*

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