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Animal Farm
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Animal Farm Mp3 cd - 2004

by George Orwell; Read by Ralph Cosham


From the publisher

George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution has become an intimate part of our contemporary culture, with its treatment of democratic, fascist, and socialist ideals through an animal fable. The animals of Mr. Jones' Manor Farm are overworked, mistreated, and desperately seeking a reprieve. In their quest to create an idyllic society where justice and equality reign, the animals of Manor Farm revolt against their human rulers, establishing the democratic Animal Farm under the credo, "All Animals Are Created Equal." Out of their cleverness, the pigs--Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball--emerge as leaders of the new community. In a development of insidious familiarity, the pigs begin to assume ever greater amounts of power, while other animals, especially the faithful horse Boxer, assume more of the work. The climax of the story is the brutal betrayal of Boxer, when totalitarian rule is reestablished with the bloodstained postscript to the founding slogan: "But Some Animals Are More Equal than Others." This astonishing allegory, one of the most scathing satires in literary history, remains as fresh and relevant as the day it was published.

First Edition Identification

Secker and Warburg first published Animal Farm in London in 1945. With a print run of just 4,000 copies, the first edition is bound in green cloth and states “First Published May 1945” on the copyright page. The original green and grey dust jacket is famously fragile as it was cheaply produced to meet Wartime Economy Standards.

Details

  • Title Animal Farm
  • Author George Orwell; Read by Ralph Cosham
  • Binding MP3 CD
  • Edition MP3 UNA
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Blackstone Audiobooks
  • Date November 2004
  • Features Unabridged
  • ISBN 9780786184620 / 0786184620
  • Weight 0.23 lbs (0.10 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.98 x 5.9 x 0.57 in (17.73 x 14.99 x 1.45 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC