Blurb

『動物農場』は、1945年8月17日に刊行されたジョージ・オーウェルの小説。動物たちが飲んだくれの農場主を追い出して理想的な共和国を築こうとするが、指導者の豚が独裁者と化し、恐怖政治へ変貌していく過程を描く。スペイン内戦に自ら参加した体験を持つオーウェルが、人間を豚や馬などの動物に見立てることで20世紀前半に台頭した全体主義やスターリン主義への痛烈な批判を寓話的に描いた物語である。

First Published

1945

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vadim.lewis-cestait

Vadim.lewis-cestait

The characters are so endearing and annoying!

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riptidewho

Riptidewho

I re-read this once a year and I don't know why.

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anya.leahy

Anya.leahy

Had child friendly way of explaining historic events.

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adam.arredondo

Adam.arredondo

Doesnt make sense most of the time. Hard to follow along. Also, didn't interest me at all.

0 Responses posted in January
tpvales

Tpvales

THE MOST PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF USSR REGIME UNDER STALIN AND SOME MESAGES COULD BE APPLIED IN SOME CURRENT SITUATIONS

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Thiago1979

Thiago1979

espetacular

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caiio08

Caiio08

good

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pksengupta

Pksengupta

It is the most telling condemnation of a totalitarian state (like Soviet Russia then and perhaps now)

0 Responses posted in January
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