Animal Farm

Zusammenfassung 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.

About the author

David Dwan is an Associate Professor at Hertford College, Oxford. His books include Liberty, Equality and Humbug: George Orwell and Western Political Ideals (2018).

Summary

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.

Additional text

Where this Oxford University Press edition hugely scores is with the ancillary content [..] these enable you to dig into the detail of the story's foundations, understand what Orwell was getting at and just what he was criticising.

Report

Where this Oxford University Press edition hugely scores is with the ancillary content [..] these enable you to dig into the detail of the story's foundations, understand what Orwell was getting at and just what he was criticising. Jonathan Cowie, SF2 Concatenation

Product details

• Authors: George Orwell
• Assisted by: David Dwan (Editor), David (Associate Professor in English Dwan (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.01.2021
• EAN: 9780198813736
• ISBN: 978-0-19-881373-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Oxford World's Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies