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My second Orwell after 1984 and I liked it. This is a very short book, my copy had less than 100 pages. I think many observations discussed in this book were developed to a mythology when he wrote 1984 some years later. The message of the book in my opinion can be very compactly expressed by this quote from 1984:
"Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship." ...more
"Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship." ...more
Jan 24, 2008
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I liked this book slightly better than 1984. The forward was very interesting as to the historical portrayal of the pigs.
My least favorite, and the one that seems the most dated now.
Oct 17, 2009
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Jul 08, 2010
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