false 2621405 165779 170448 0451526341 9780451526342 360 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255569388m/170448.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255569388s/170448.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170448.Animal_Farm 3.83 4345 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 403223 14045 1392860 3.83 4302 361 1392861 3.83 4831 431 1945 3 0 false Mon Jul 02 06:38:39 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 06:38:43 -0700 2007