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Animal Farm

George Orwell,

Russell Baker (Preface)

Start date: March 1, 2024

Finish date: March 31, 2024

Discussion: Animal Farm (March)

Why we're reading this: Animals in a farm? What can go wrong? Orwell with his glass half empty endings.
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Animal Farm (March)

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Oct 23, 2021 Mark rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Dec 15, 2022 Rana (This City That Book) rated it it was amazing

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This, in my opinion, is one of the classics that you read, reread and then read once more, taking away from it something new every time.

I can’t even remember the first time I read this – I was probably in middle school and I probably thought it was about a bunch of talking animals revolting against their human farmer. It was. But it is also about a lot more than that. It is a timeless work satirizing pretty much all totalitarian societies, the brainwashing of their constituents and the hypocris ...more

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Apr 24, 2025 Anisha ♡ rated it it was amazing

Man often becomes what he fears the most. This profound truth is beautifully portrayed in George Orwell's Animal Farm, a brilliant satire on human society. The novella delves deep into the corrupting influence of power and how it manipulates, reforms, and ultimately reshapes individuals—not for reflection, but for domination. Orwell masterfully illustrates how those who once sought freedom and equality, when placed in positions of authority, mirror the very oppressors they overthrew. The animals ...more

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