Animal Farm, originally published as Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, is a satirical allegorical dystopian novella by George Orwell, in the form of a beast fable, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It follows the mistreated anthropomorphic farm animals of Manor Farm as they rebel against their human master and hope to create a utopian society, only for the rebellion to be hijacked and betrayed under the dictatorship of the pigs, leaving the farm in a dystopian state nearly identical to what it was before. Orwell said the book reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, and described it in his essay Why I Write as the first book in which he tried, with full consciousness of what he was doing, to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Animal Farm (originally Animal Farm: A Fairy Story) is a satirical allegorical dystopian novella, in the form of a beast fable, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945.
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Time magazine chose the book as one of the 100 best English-language novels (1923 to 2005); it also featured at number 31 on the Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Novels, and number 46 on the BBC's The Big Read poll.
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Animal Farm (originally Animal Farm: A Fairy Story) is a satirical allegorical dystopian novella, in the form of a beast fable, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It follows the mistreated anthropomorphic farm animals of Manor Farm as they rebel against their human master, and hope to create a utopian society.
Authored By: George Orwell, Lead section, authorship
Animal Farm (originally Animal Farm: A Fairy Story) is a satirical allegorical dystopian novella, in the form of a beast fable, by George Orwell.
In Genre: Fable, Lead section, genre (fable)
in the form of a beast fable
In Genre: Utopian and Dystopian Fiction, Lead section, genre (dystopian)
a satirical allegorical dystopian novella
In Genre: Satire, Lead section, genre (satire)
a satirical allegorical dystopian novella, in the form of a beast fable
Associated With: The Novella, Lead section, form
a satirical allegorical dystopian novella, in the form of a beast fable
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WikidataWikidata P166: Retro Hugo Award for Best Novella
Wikidata P166 (award received): Retro Hugo Award for Best Novella, 1996.
Wikidata P166: Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame
Wikidata P166 (award received): Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame, 2011.
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