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Animal Farm

1st US edition cover
Author Eric Blair A. K. A. George Orwell, his pen name
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Satire
Publisher Secker and Warburg (London)
Publication date 17 August 1945
Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages 112 pp (UK paperback edition)
ISBN ISBN 0-452-28424-4 (present)

Animal Farm is a novella by George Orwell, and is the most famous satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Secker & Warburg is a British publishing company formed in 1936 from a takeover of Martin Secker, which was in receivership by Fredric Warburg and Roger Senhouse Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. A novella is a written, Fictional Prose Narrative longer than a Novelette but shorter than a Novel. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human An allegory (from αλλος allos "other" and el αγορευειν agoreuein "to speak in public" is a figurative mode of representation The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a concept used to describe Political systems where a State regulates nearly every aspect of public and private Published in 1945, the book reflects events leading up to and during the Stalin era. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar This period of the Soviet Union was dominated by Joseph Stalin, who sought to reshape Soviet society with aggressive economic planning in particular a sweeping collectivization of agriculture Orwell, a democratic socialist, 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. Democratic socialism is a description used by various socialist movements tendencies and organizations to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation See Independent Labor Party for the Political party in Burundi, Independent Labour Group for the Irish party and Labour candidates Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Stalinism is the political regime named after Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union from 1929–1953 The NKVD ( НКВД, ru Народный Комиссариат Внутренних Дел ''Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del'') or People's Commissariat The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted Coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of

The book was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels (1923 to 2005)[1] and was number 31 on the Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Novels. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and Modern Library's 100 Best Novels is a list of the best English-language novels of the 20th century as determined by the Modern Library.

Contents

Overview

The short novel is an allegory in which animals play the roles of the Bolshevik revolutionaries and overthrow and oust the human owners of the farm, setting it up as a commune in which, at first, all animals are equal; class and status disparities soon emerge, however, between the different animal species. An allegory (from αλλος allos "other" and el αγορευειν agoreuein "to speak in public" is a figurative mode of representation The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists ( Большевик Большевист (singular, derived from bolshe, "more" were a faction The novel describes how a society's ideologies can be manipulated and twisted by individuals in positions of social and political power, including how a utopian society is made impossible by the corrupting nature of the very power necessary to create it. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Utopia is a name for an ideal community taken from the title of a book written in 1516 by Sir Thomas More describing a fictional Island in the

Characters and their possible real life counterparts

The events and characters in Animal Farm parallel the early history of the Soviet Union; Orwell makes this explicit in the case of the head pig, Napoleon, whom he directly connects to Stalin in this 17 March 1945 letter to the publisher:

. Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar . . when the windmill is blown up, I wrote, "all the animals including Napoleon flung themselves on their faces. " I would like to alter it to 'all the animals except Napoleon. " If that has been printed it's not worth bothering about, but I just thought the alteration would be fair to J. S. (Joseph Stalin), as he did stay in Moscow during the German advance. Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party

The dogs are also important characters in this novel that enabled Orwell to discover and express more of what had happened in Russia. The other characters have their parallels in the real world, but care should be taken with these comparisons, as Orwell's intent was not always explicit and they often simply represent generalised concepts.

Pigs

Old Major is the inspiration which fuels the Revolution and the book. Old Major (also called Willingdon Beauty, his show name is the first major character described by George Orwell in Animal Farm. According to one interpretation, he could be based upon both Karl Marx and Lenin. As a socialist, George Orwell may have agreed with much of Marx, and even respected aspects of Lenin. According to this interpretation, the satire in Animal Farm is not of Marxism, or of Lenin's revolution, but of the corruption that occurred later although very similar to it. Marxism is the political philosophy and practice derived from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. However, according to Christopher Hitchens: in the book, "the aims and principles of the Russian Revolution are given face-value credit throughout; this is a revolution betrayed, not a revolution that is monstrous from its inception. Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949) is a British Author, Journalist, Literary critic and American " Though Old Major is presented positively, Orwell does slip in some flaws, such as his admission that he has largely been free of the abuse the rest of the animals have had to suffer.

Napoleon, a Berkshire boar, is the main tyrant of Animal Farm and is based upon Joseph Stalin. Napoleon is a fictional character in George Orwell 's Animal Farm. Berkshire Pigs are a Rare Breed of pig originating from Britain. In modern usage a tyrant is a single ruler holding absolute power over a State or within an Organization. Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party Napoleon begins to gradually build up his power, using puppies he took from mother dogs Jessie and Bluebell, which he raised to be vicious dogs as his secret police. Secret police (sometimes political police) are a Police agency which operates in Secrecy to maintain National security against internal After driving Snowball off the farm, Napoleon usurps full power, using false propaganda from Squealer and threats and intimidation from the dogs to keep the other animals in line. Among other things, he gradually changes the Commandments to allow himself privileges and justify his dictatorial rule. By the end of the book, Napoleon and his fellow pigs have learned to walk upright and started to behave similar to humans. Orwell modeled him after Joseph Stalin, who set up a dictatorship whose repression and despotism was far worse than that of the Imperial Russian government supplanted by the Bolsheviks. Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya (In the French version of Animal Farm, Napoleon is called César, the French spelling of Caesar. [2])

Snowball is Napoleon's rival. Snowball is a fictional Pig in the book Animal Farm written by George Orwell. He is an allegory to Leon Trotsky. Leon Trotsky ( Russian:, Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also transliterated Leo, Lyev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij He wins over most animals, but is driven out of the farm in the end by Napoleon. Snowball genuinely works for the good of the farm and devises plans to help the animals achieve their vision of an egalitarian utopia but is chased from the farm by Napoleon and his dogs, and rumours are spread about him (by Napoleon) to make him seem evil and corrupt and that he is secretly sabotaging the animals' efforts to improve the farm. In his biography of Orwell, Bernard Crick suggests that Snowball was as much inspired by POUM leader Andres Nin as by Trotsky. Nin was a similarly adept orator and also fell victim to the Communist purges of the Left during the Spanish Civil War.

Squealer, a small fat porker, serves as Napoleon's public speaker and minister of propaganda. Squealer is a Fictional Pig from George Orwell 's Animal Farm, primarily inspired by Joseph Stalin 's aide Vyacheslav Inspired by Vyacheslav Molotov and the Russian paper Pravda, Squealer manipulates the language to excuse, justify, and extol all of Napoleon's actions. Molotov redirects here For other uses see Molotov (disambiguation. Pravda (Правда "The Truth" was a leading Newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the He represents all the propaganda Stalin used to justify his own heinous acts. In all of his work, George Orwell made it a point to show how politicians used language. Squealer limits debate by complicating it and he confuses and disorients, making claims that the pigs need the extra luxury they are taking in order to function properly, for example. However, when questions persist, he usually uses the threat of Mr. Jones's return as justification for the pigs' privileges. Squealer uses statistics to convince the animals that life is getting better and better. Most of the animals have only dim memories of life before the revolution; therefore, they are convinced.

Minimus is a poetical pig who writes the second and third national anthems of Animal Farm after the singing of "Beasts of England" is banned, representing admirers of Stalin both inside and outside the USSR such as Maxim Gorky. Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov ( In Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в ( &ndash June 18, 1936) better known as Maxim Gorky (Максим As Minimus composed the replacement of "Beasts of England", he may equate to the three main composers of the National Anthem of the Soviet Union which replaced The Internationale -- Gabriel El-Registan, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, and Sergey Mikhalkov. The National Anthem of the Soviet Union (or Hymn, Гимн Советского Союза Gimn Sovetskogo Soyuza) replaced The Internationale The Internationale ( L'Internationale in French) is a famous socialist, communist, and Social-democratic Gabriel Arkadyevich Ureklyan (Габриэль Аркадьевич Уреклян ( 15 December 1899 - 30 June 1945) better known as G Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (Александр Васильевич Александров Aleksandr Vasilevich Aleksandrov) ( &mdash July 8, 1946 Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (Сергей Владимирович Михалков (born March 13, 1913) is a Russian author of children's books and His name also could be interpreted in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four in newspeak as "Ministry of Music". Nineteen Eighty-Four (also titled 1984) by George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) is a 1949 English Novel Newspeak is a Fictional language in George Orwell 's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

The Piglets are hinted to be the children of Napoleon (albeit not truly noted in the novel), and are the first generation of animals to actually be subjugated to his idea of animal inequality.

The Rebel Pigs are pigs who complain about Napoleon's takeover of the farm but are quickly silenced and later executed. This is based on the Great Purge during Stalin's regime. Great Purge (Большая чистка transliterated Bolshaya chistka) was a series of campaigns of Political repression and Persecution The closest parallels to the Rebel Pigs may be Nikolai Bukharin, Alexei Rykov, Grigory Zinoviev, and Lev Kamenev. Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (Никола́й Ива́нович Буха́рин ( &ndash March 15, 1938) was a Bolshevik Alexei Ivanovich Rykov ( Russian: Алексей Иванович Рыков Aleksej Ivanovič Rykov; March 15 1938 was a Russian Marxist Gregory Yevseevich Zinoviev (Григо́рий Евс́еевич Зин́овьев alternative transliteration Grigorii Ovseyevish Zinoviev born Ovsei-Gershon Aronovich ( Russian: Лев Борисович Каменев born Rosenfeld, Розенфельд ( – August 25, 1936) was a Bolshevik

Humans

Mr. Jones represents Nicholas II of Russia, the deposed Czar, who had been facing severe financial difficulties in the days leading up to the 1917 Revolution. Mr Jones of Manor Farm was a human character in George Orwell 's satirical book Animal Farm. Tsar csar and tzar redirect here For other uses see Tsar (disambiguation. See also Russian Revolution (1905 The Russian Revolution of 1916 refers to a series of popular revolutions in Russia, and the events surrounding them The character is also a nod towards Louis XVI. Louis XVI ( 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) Louis-Auguste de France, ruled as King of France and Navarre There are also several implications that he represents an autocratic but ineffective capitalist, incapable of running the farm and looking after the animals properly. Capitalism is the Economic system in which the Means of production are owned by private Persons and operated for Profit and where Jones is a very heavy drinker and the animals' revolt on him after he drinks so much that he does not feed or take care of them. Ironically, Napoleon himself becomes almost obsessed with drinking and eventually changes the commandments to suit his needs. Nearing the end of the book, the pigs become the mirror image of Jones, though they thirst for more power than ever before.

Mr. Frederick is the tough owner of Pinchfield, a well-kept neighbouring farm. Mr Frederick of Pinchfield Farm was a human character in the satirical novella Animal Farm by George Orwell. He represents Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in general. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945 [3]

Mr. Pilkington is the easy-going but crafty owner of Foxwood, a neighbouring farm overgrown with weeds, as described in the book. Mr Pilkington of Foxwood Farm is a human character in George Orwell 's satirical book Animal Farm. He represents the western powers, such as United Kingdom and the U.S.. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The card game at the very end of the novel is a metaphor for the Tehran Conference, where the parties flatter each other, all the while cheating at the game. The Tehran Conference ( Codenamed EUREKA) was the meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D The irony in this last scene is present because of all of the Pigs being civil and kind to the humans, defying all for which they had fought. Irony is a literary or Rhetorical device, in which there is an incongruity or Discordance between what one says or does and what one means or This was present in the Tehran Conference with the Alliance that the Soviet Union formed with the United States and the United Kingdom, capitalist countries that the Soviet Union had fought in the early years of the revolution. [3] At the end of the novel, both Napoleon and Pilkington draw the Ace of Spades (which in most games, is the highest-ranking card) at the same time and begin fighting loudly, symbolising the beginning of tension between the U. S. and Soviet superpowers.

'Mr. Whymper' is a man hired by Napoleon to represent Animal Farm in human society. He is loosely based on Western intellectuals such as George Bernard Shaw and, especially, Lincoln Steffens, who visited the U. George Bernard Shaw ( (26 July 1856 &ndash 2 November 1950 was an Irish Playwright. Joseph Lincoln Steffens ( April 6 1866 &ndash August 9 1936) was an American journalist and one of the most famous and influential S. S. R. in 1919.

Horses

There are three horses: Clover, Mollie, and Boxer

Boxer is one of the main characters. Boxer is a Fictional Horse from George Orwell 's Animal Farm, he is the farm's most hard-working and loyal worker He is the tragic avatar of the working class, or proletariat: loyal, kind, dedicated, and the most physically strong animal on the farm, but naive and slow. Avatar or Avatara (अवतार IAST Avatāra) is often inaccurately translated into English as incarnation The proletariat (from Latin la ''proles'' "offspring" is a term used to identify a lower Social class; a member of such a class is proletarian His ignorance and blind trust towards his leaders led to his death and their profit. Trust is a relationship of reliance A trusted party is presumed to seek to fulfill policies, ethical codes Law and their previous promises In particular, his heroic physical work represents the Stakhanovite movement. In Soviet history and iconography a Stakhanovite (стахановец follows the example of Aleksei Grigorievich Stakhanov, employing hard work or His maxim of "I will work harder" is reminiscent of Jurgis Rudkus from the Upton Sinclair novel The Jungle. Upton Beall Sinclair Jr ( September 20, 1878 &ndash November 25, 1968) was a Pulitzer The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by Author and socialist Journalist Upton Sinclair. His second maxim, "Napoleon is always right" is an example of the propaganda used by Squealer to control the animals. It was not adopted until later in the book. Boxer's work ethic is often praised by the pigs, and he is set as a prime example to the other animals. When Boxer is injured, and can no longer work, Napoleon sends him off to the knacker and deceives the other animals; saying that Boxer died peacefully in the hospital. When the animals cannot work, Napoleon tosses them aside, for they mean nothing to him.

Clover is Boxer's friend and a fellow draft horse. She helps and cares for Boxer when he splits his hoof. HoofRearHoovesjpg|thumb|200px|right|Rear hooves of a horse]] A hoof is the tip of a Toe of an Ungulate Mammal, strengthened by a thick horny ( She blames herself for forgetting the original Seven Commandments when Squealer had actually revised them. See also Seven Laws of Noah The Seven Commandments in the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell Clover is compassionate, as is shown when she protects the baby ducklings during Major's speech; albeit made out to be somewhat vain in the opening of the novel by the narrator, who remarks that she never "recovered" her figure after giving birth to her fourth foal. She is also upset when animals are executed by the dogs, and is held in great respect by three younger horses who ultimately replace Boxer. Respect is esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person a personal quality or ability or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability

Mollie is a self-centred and vain white mare who likes wearing ribbons in her mane, eating sugar cubes (which represent luxury) and being pampered and groomed by humans. Sugar is a class of edible Crystalline substances mainly Sucrose, Lactose, and Fructose. She represents upper-class people, the bourgeoisie and nobility who fled to the West after the Russian Revolution and effectively dominated the Russian diaspora. The Russian Nobility (Дворянство Dvoryanstvo) arose in the 14th century and essentially governed Russia until the October Revolution See also Russian Revolution (1905 The Russian Revolution of 1916 refers to a series of popular revolutions in Russia, and the events surrounding them The term Russian diaspora refers to the global community of ethnic Russians. Accordingly, she quickly leaves for another farm and is only once mentioned again.

Other animals

Benjamin is a wise, old donkey that shows slight emotion. Benjamin is a fictional Donkey in George Orwell 's novel Animal Farm. The animals often query him about his lack of expression but always answers with: 'Donkeys live a long life. None of you have ever seen a dead donkey. ' He is dedicated to Boxer and is dearly upset when Boxer is taken away. Benjamin has known about the pigs' wrong doing the entire time, though he says nothing to the other animals. He represents the cynics in society. It has also been speculated that Benjamin could also represent the role of Jews in society, although this is unlikely since so many of the early supporters of the Russian Revolution were Jews. Another possibility is that Benjamin is an allegory for intellectuals who have the wisdom to stay clear of the purges.

The Puppies, who were raised by Napoleon to be his security force may be a reference to the fact that a major factor in Stalin's rise to power was his appointment as General Secretary of the Communist Party by Lenin in 1922, in which role he used his powers of appointment, promotion and demotion to quietly pack the party with his own supporters. Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party He did this with such effectiveness that Lenin's Testament eventually called for Stalin's removal from this post. Lenin's Testament is the name given to a document written by Vladimir Lenin in the last weeks of 1922 and the first week of 1923 Lenin's request was ignored by the leading members of the Politburo - most notably Trotsky, represented in the novel by Snowball. Leon Trotsky ( Russian:, Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also transliterated Leo, Lyev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij The puppies represent Stalin's secret police

Moses the raven is an old bird that occasionally visits the farm with tales of Sugarcandy Mountain, where he says animals go when they die, but only if they work hard. He represents religion, which is banned when the pigs come to power. He represents the Russian Orthodox Church. See also Eastern Orthodox Church Structure and organization The Slavic Orthodox Church is organized in a hierarchical structure He leaves after the rebellion, for all animals are supposed to be equal, and religion is not part of equality, but returns later in the novel because he convinces the animals to work harder.

The Sheep represented the masses, manipulated to support Stalin in spite of his treachery.

Significance

The allegory that the book employs allows for reader interpretation on a number of levels:

George Orwell wrote the book following his experiences during the Spanish Civil War, which are described in another one of his books, Homage to Catalonia. An allegory (from αλλος allos "other" and el αγορευειν agoreuein "to speak in public" is a figurative mode of representation Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted Coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of Homage to Catalonia is political journalist and Novelist George Orwell 's personal account of his experiences and observations in the He intended it to be a strong condemnation of what he saw as the Stalinist corruption of the original socialist ideals. Stalinism is the political regime named after Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union from 1929–1953 Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution For the preface of a Ukrainian edition he prepared in 1947, Orwell described what gave him the idea of setting the book on a farm:[4]

. . . I saw a little boy, perhaps ten years old, driving a huge carthorse along a narrow path, whipping it whenever it tried to turn. It struck me that if only such animals became aware of their strength we should have no power over them, and that men exploit animals in much the same way as the rich exploit the proletariat.

This Ukrainian edition was an early propaganda use of the book. It was printed to be distributed among the Soviet citizens of Ukraine who were some of the many millions of displaced persons throughout Europe at the end of the Second World War. A displaced person (sometimes abbreviated DP) is a person who has been forced to leave his or her native place a phenomenon known as Forced migration. The American occupation forces considered the edition to be propaganda printed on illegal presses, and handed 1,500 confiscated copies of Animal Farm over to the Soviet authorities. The politics in the book also affected the UK, with Orwell reporting that Ernest Bevin was "terrified"[5] that it may cause embarrassment if published before the 1945 general election. Ernest Bevin ( 9 March 1881 - 14 April 1951) was a British labour leader politician and statesman best known for his time as Results |} Total votes cast 24073025 All parties shown Conservative total includes Ulster Unionists Reason for Labour victory

In recent years, the book has been used to compare new movements that overthrow heads of a corrupt and undemocratic government or organisation, only to eventually become corrupt and oppressive themselves as they succumb to the trappings of power and begin using violent and dictatorial methods to keep it. Such analogies have been used for many former African colonies such as Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo, whose succeeding African-born rulers were accused of being as corrupt as, or worse than, the European colonists they supplanted. See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to

The book also clearly ponders whether a focus of power in one person is healthy for a society. The book leaves the ending slightly ambiguous in this regard.

Perhaps the largest overriding theme in "Animal Farm" is the famous quote by Lord Acton, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton 1st Baron Acton, KCVO ( 10 January 1834 &ndash 19 June 1902) "

Allusions to history, geography and current science

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British censorship and suppressed preface

During World War II it became apparent to Orwell that anti-Russian literature was not something which most major publishing houses would touch — including his regular publisher Gollancz. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including One publisher he sought rejected his book on the grounds of government advice — although the assumed civil servant who gave the order was later found to be a Soviet spy. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 [6]

Orwell originally prepared a preface which complains about British government suppression of his book, self-imposed British self-censorship and how the British people were suppressing criticism of the USSR, their World War II ally. "The sinister fact about literary censorship in England is that it is largely voluntary. Censorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable harmful or sensitive as determined by a censor  . . . [Things are] kept right out of the British press, not because the Government intervened but because of a general tacit agreement that 'it wouldn't do' to mention that particular fact. " Somewhat ironically, the preface itself was censored and is not published with most editions of the book. Irony is a literary or Rhetorical device, in which there is an incongruity or Discordance between what one says or does and what one means or [7][8][9]

Controversies

Cultural references

Main article: Animal Farm in popular culture

References to the novella are frequent in other works of popular culture, particularly in popular music and television series. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story is a satirical Novella by George Orwell, ostensibly about a group of animals who oust the

Adaptations

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Editions

See also

References

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