Animal Farm

Informationen zum Autor Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell , was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia . Ronald Carter was the Emeritus Professor of Modern English Language at the University of Nottingham. He published more than forty books, including The Penguin Guide to English Literature (with John McRae). Klappentext When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless élite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought, and find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another. Orwell's chilling 'fairy story' is a timeless and devastating satire of idealism betrayed by power and corruptio Zusammenfassung Having got rid of their human master, the animals in this political fable look forward to a life of freedom and plenty. But as a clever, ruthless elite takes control, the other animals find themselves hopelessly ensnared in the same old way.

Product details

• Authors: George Orwell
• Assisted by: Ronal Carter (Editor), Ronald Carter (Editor)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.10.1999
• EAN: 9780140817690
• ISBN: 978-0-14-081769-0
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 8 mm
• Series: STUDENT EDNS; Penguin Classics; STUDENT EDNS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); FICTION / Political, FICTION / Satire, Narrative theme: Politics, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Satirical fiction and parodies, FICTION / World Literature / England / 20th Century, For higher / tertiary / university education