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 | | Animal Farm by George Orwell ISBN-10: 9781595404299 ISBN-10: 1-59540-429-5 ISBN-13: 9781595404299 ISBN-13: 978-1-59540-429-9 Paperback 2004-09-01 1st World Library - Literary Society Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the henhouses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. With the ring of light from his lantern dancing from side to side, he lurched across the yard, kicked off his boots at the back door, drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery, and made his way up to bed, where Mrs. Jones was already snoring. As soon as the light in the bedroom went out there was a stirring and a fluttering all through the farm buildings. Word had gone round during the day that old Major, the prize Middle White boar, had had a strange dream on the previous night and wished to communicate it to the other animals. It had been agreed that they should all meet in the big barn as soon as Mr. Jones was safely out of the way. Old Major (so he was always called, though the name under which he had been exhibited was Willingdon Beauty) was so highly regarded on the farm that everyone was quite ready to lose an hour's sleep in order to hear what he had to say. | ||
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animals rule! if you enjoy this book, you have to read "Lord of the flies" It has a very similar lesson to learn.......both books demonstrate what happens with "freedom" when no "real" laws are put in place.....have fun reading. | ||
Misunderstood Most people I know that have read this book didn't like it. Personally, I did. I think that, to an extent, most people don't completely understand this book. Of course, I'm not sure I would have either if I hadn't read it with my English class. I learned that it was an allegory (a story within a story). In one sense its about animals on a farm rebelling against thier owner, in another, its about the Russian Revolution. I enjoyed the book quite a bit and would recomend it to people who like to read and/or people who find the Russian Revolution interesting. | ||
Good Price-Shipping Was Slow My son needed this book for college english class.He has to do a 6-8 page research paper on it.He likes the book so far. Has only read a few chapters. | ||
Incredibly Powerful George Orwell is a great writer. Showing how the best of intentions lead to bad things. His description of the pigs show his feelings about Stalin and Trotsky. This is the best anti-communist novel besides the author's 1984. | ||
Back to Basics Having read this book in the 1960,s I felt that I had to refresh my memory of how true this story is and can be. I just finished Dr. Corsi's book The Obama Nation and was in total shock. The threat of communism/socialism is still very real in America. Throw in Islam and what an incredible threat we are facing! I sound an alarm to every high school and college instructor. Offer this little book to your students and teach them of the ever present threat. Ther goal is to get to the uneducated masses and the youth to provock their ideology! Wake up America before it is too late. | ||