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animal farm
p animal farm is the most famous by far of all twentieth century political allegories . its account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master only to submit to a tyranny erected by their own kind can fairly be said to have become a universal drama . orwell is one of the very few modern satirists comparable to jonathan swift in power artistry and moral authority ; in animal farm his spare prose and the logic of his dark comedy brilliantly highlight his stark message . p taking as his starting point the betrayed promise of the russian revolution orwell lays out a vision that in its bitter wisdom gives us the clearest understanding we possess of the possible consequences of our social and political acts . br book jacket status jacketed
a satire on totalitarianism in which farm animals overthrow their human owner and set up their own government