Animal farm

Orwell, George 1903-1950 (Author). Brown, Richard. (Added Author).

Summary: George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is an intimate part of our contemporary culture. Animal farm has been read and reread and quoted so often that we tend to forget who wrote the original words. It is an account of the bold struggle that transforms Mr. Jones' Manor Farm into Animal Farm--a wholly democratic society built on the credo that All Animals Are Created Equal. Out of their cleverness, the pigs Napoleon, Squealer and Snowball emerge as leaders of the new community in a subtle evolution that bears an insidious familiarity. The climax is the brutal betrayal of the faithful horse Boxer, when totalitarian rule is re-established with the bloodstained postscript to the founding slogan: But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others ... Orwell's succinct, frightening words have been heard since 1946 as unsparingly descriptive of the fate of those who suffer totalitarian regimes. This audio edition of the masterpiece reminds us of Orwell's genius.

Record details

ISBN: 0786143134 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
ISBN: 9780786143139 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
ISBN: 9781433287701 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
ISBN: 1433287706 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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Publisher: [Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, [2007]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 3:11:46.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by Richard Brown.
System Details Note:	Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 45932 KB; MP3 file size: 90033 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web.