false 10353591 657647 170448 0451526341 9780451526342 361 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/17/448/170448-m-1255569388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/17/448/170448-s-1255569388.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170448.Animal_Farm 3.83 4353 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 devastattingly clear that whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell's masterpiece have a meaning and message ferociously fresh. ]]> 3706 3.88 407021 14111 1392860 3.83 4309 362 1392861 3.83 4839 432 1945 2 0 false Wed Dec 12 21:14:42 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 21:14:42 -0800 2007