Animal Farm (Essential Gothic, SF & Dark Fantasy) (UK)

Animal Farm (Essential Gothic, SF & Dark Fantasy) Paperback – 16 Feb. 2021 by George Orwell (Author), John Sutherland (Introduction), UK.

With a new introduction by Professor John Sutherland, this edition takes a fresh look at one of the great works of the twentieth century.

Animal Farm is a moral animal fable written to highlight the weakness of humankind, and satirize the rule of Stalin, whose rise through revolution ended in totalitarianism. Peppered with slogans such as 'All Animals Are Equal', Orwell undermines the dark treachery of the pigs with a simple economy of style as, open-eyed and naive, the other animals allow themselves to be outmanoeuvred. By the end of the book the pigs are as corrupt and arrogant as the humans they replace.

For many, the book was a wider allegory of human behaviour, a lament; but for others it was a call to action that foreshadowed the Cold War, where differing world views would attempt to adopt Orwell's great work for their own purpose.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 192 pages
• Dimensions 130 x 198 x 16mm | 142g
• Publication date 13 Apr 2021
• Publisher Flame Tree Publishing
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Illustrations note 3 Line drawings, black and white
• ISBN10 1839642394
• ISBN13 9781839642395