Animal Farm

George Orwell’s timeless and timely allegorical novel?a scathing satire on a
downtrodden society?s blind march towards totalitarianism. ?All animals are
equal, but some animals are more equal than others.? A farm is taken over by
its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring
slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality.
Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned?a
razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from
revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. When Animal
Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is
devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under
whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell?s
masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.