{"product_id":"animal-farm-george-orwell-9780141393056","title":"Animal Farm","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 elite among them, masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control.\u003c\/p\u003eOrwell's chillingly resonant allegorical fable, in a stunning new cover look for his great works  'All animals are equal - but some are more equal than others'  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 elite 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.   'It is the history of a revolution that went wrong - and of the excellent excuses that were forthcoming at every step for the perversion of the original doctrine,' wrote Orwell for the first edition of Animal Farm in 1945. Orwell's simple, tragic fable has since become a world-famous classic.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780141393056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 26 Feb 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 18(H)x11(L)x0.7(W)82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 82\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eEric 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. All his novels and non-fiction, including Burmese Days (1934), Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), The Road to Wigan Pier (1937) and Homage to Catalonia (1938) are published in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eRemains our great satire of the darker face of modern history -- Malcolm Bradbury\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e has seen off all the opposition. It's as valid as today as it was fifty years ago -- Ralph Steadman","brand":"George Orwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46523718762713,"sku":"9780141393056","price":16.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9780141393056_c36d0e65-fdf4-4a69-b0ec-a74fbccb6ce0.jpg?v=1746712150","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/animal-farm-george-orwell-9780141393056","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}