75thAnniversaryEdition--IncludesaNewIntroductionbyT矇aObrehtGeorgeOrwell’stimelessandtimelyallegoricalnovel--ascathingsatireonadowntroddensociety’sblindmarchtowardstotalitarianism.“Allanimalsareequal,butsomeanimalsaremoreequalthanothers.“Afarmistakenoverbyitsoverworked,mistreatedanimals.Withflamingidealismandstirringslogans,theysetouttocreateaparadiseofprogress,justice,andequality.Thusthestageissetforoneofthemosttellingsatiricfableseverpenned--arazor-edgedfairytaleforgrown-upsthatrecordstheevolutionfromrevolutionagainsttyrannytoatotalitarianismjustasterrible.WhenAnimalFarmwasfirstpublished,StalinistRussiawasseenasitstarget.Todayitisdevastatinglyclearthatwhereverandwheneverfreedomisattacked,underwhateverbanner,thecuttingclarityandsavagecomedyofGeorgeOrwell’smasterpiecehaveameaningandmessagestillferociouslyfresh.
