Animal Farm

By: George Orwell

Narrated by: Benjamin May

Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's Summary

George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel - a scathing satire on a downtrodden society's blind march towards totalitarianism.The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell's masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.

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Excellently horrific

I have been listening to Dr. Jordan B. Peterson for quite a while now, where he (Dr. Peterson) would frequently discuss the horrors of communism. This is my first own read and exposure to a book that talks about the same horrors in which Dr. Peterson has often discussed.
I must say that George Orwell is brilliant in drawing out the horrors of a slow decent into a totalitarian authority, through such magnificent storytelling. Though the characters seemed somewhat comical (that being the case with animals that is human-level intelligent, and trying to do human things); the creeping diabolical rise of tyranny was very well felt as I went through the story.
I felt that the narration was well done (except a few mistakes here and there). It included some pretty nice voice-acting of the different characters. For me, it brought the characters to life, as I went through the story. The audio book is very low cost, and well-worth every penny it cost.

What happened to producers and editors?

The message behind this story is scary, giving a message on what man(animals) are brainwashed easily. They only believe what the boss relays. I do not care for the direction this book took - I am not reviewing on that basis. The author has worked hard. Sadly, I felt I was reading the children’s version of the life of Hitler.

Chapter 7 repeats itself. I listened on 2 different devices to confirm it. Even though the production was done well, the issues in Chapter 7 reduced my opinion of performance.

Luckily - you only loose 3 1/2 hours if you choose to listen.

Audio needs to be edited

This was a fine story and the performance was good. however in chapter 7 there is about 5 minutes of dialog that both repeats in sections but also includes the narrator struggling to pronounce coccidiosis. it's a bit funny but clearly the publishers failed to edit appropriately.

Classic story, excellent reading

A classic that everyone should read. it's short, but it needs to be listened to. The narrator was perfect and the story was intriguing.

Skips, stutters and do overs

Skips, stutters and do overs. Parts misread are heard and done over again ears up about 7 mins