Facsimile of the 1945 Edition. ampnbspThis is now considered a classic Satire on dictatorship and one of Orwells most enduring short novels. Fueled by Orwells intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land all are awash in collectivist zeal.ampnbspThe future however is far from certain as the drama plays out in actual events.ampnbspA cautionary tale.ReviewsAnimal Farm remains our great satire on the darker face of modern history.Malcolm Bradbury As lucid as glass and quite as sharp...Animal Farm has the double meaning the sharp edge and the lucidity of Swift.Atlantic Monthly A wise compassionate and illuminating fable for our times.TheampnbspNew York Times Orwell has worked out his theme with a simplicity a wit and a dryness that are close to La Fontaine and Gay and has written in a prose so plain and spare so admirably proportioned to his purpose that Animal Farm even seems very creditable if we compare it with Voltaire and Swift.Edmund Wilson The New Yorker Orwells satire here is amply broad cleverly conceived and delightfully written.San Francisco Chronicle The book for everyone and Everyman its brightness undimmed.Ruth Rendell