Lyman's review
Animal Farm (Signet Classics)
by George Orwell
Lyman's review
Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell
Lyman's review
rating:
bookshelves:
classics
recommended for: every thinking person
This is a lovely Folio Society slip covered edition of Animal Farm, with pen and wash illustrations inside and out. A very fine example of the bookmakers art.
It has been way too long since I have read Animal Farm. Probably not since I was a teen. It appealed to my young know-it-all teenaged sensibilities. Only then, we were poking fun at the commies – the Russkies and the Red Chinese. Which makes some sense, since this was an allegory on the Russian Revolution.
Oh, how times have changed. Today, I read it, and I feel more of a chill because it is a dire warning about our own government. We are led by a government that is changing the rules as it goes along. It dangles the boogeyman of Osama Bi Laden to try and frighten us into following whatever it says. It feels it is beholden only unto itself.
Is Animal Farm that relevant? You be the judge.
This is the story of Manor Farm, which is taken over by the animals, led by the pigs. The pigs teach a song, “Beasts of England...more
It has been way too long since I have read Animal Farm. Probably not since I was a teen. It appealed to my young know-it-all teenaged sensibilities. Only then, we were poking fun at the commies – the Russkies and the Red Chinese. Which makes some sense, since this was an allegory on the Russian Revolution.
Oh, how times have changed. Today, I read it, and I feel more of a chill because it is a dire warning about our own government. We are led by a government that is changing the rules as it goes along. It dangles the boogeyman of Osama Bi Laden to try and frighten us into following whatever it says. It feels it is beholden only unto itself.
Is Animal Farm that relevant? You be the judge.
This is the story of Manor Farm, which is taken over by the animals, led by the pigs. The pigs teach a song, “Beasts of England...more
