Animal Farm

Animal Farm is a short novel by George Orwell. It was written during World War II and published in 1945. It is about a group of farm animals who rebel against their farmer. They hope to create a place where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. In the end, however, they are betrayed and the farm ends up as bad it was before.

The story is an allegory, meaning that the author wanted it to represent real life events. It is one of the most famous allegories about political events.^[1] It is based on Joseph Stalin's betrayal of the Russian Revolution.^[2][3] Orwell, a conservative and social democrat,^[4] used it as an anti-communist work.

Although rejected by several publishers, when published it became a best-seller. Animal Farm is one of Orwell's two best-known books (the other is Nineteen Eighty-Four) and is widely viewed as a classic. Time magazine chose the book as one of the 100 best English-language novels (1923 to 2005).^[5] it also featured at number 31 on the Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Novels. It won a Retrospective Hugo Award in 1996, and is included in the Great Books of the Western World selection.

1. ↑ "Literary Encyclopedia: Animal Farm". litencyc.com. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
2. ↑ "Animal Farm (novel by Orwell) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia". britannica.com. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
3. ↑ "BBC - History - Historic Figures: George Orwell (1903 - 1950)". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
4. ↑ Orwell, George (2014-10-30). Why I Write. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-198060-7.
5. ↑ Grossman, Lev & Lacayo Richard (16 October 2005). All-Time 100 Novels. TIME magazine. [1]