Animal Farm

De: George Orwell

Narrado por: Ralph Cosham

Now an animated film adaptation produced and directed by Andy Serkis

George Orwell’s classic satire of the Russian Revolution has become an intimate part of our contemporary culture, with its treatment of democratic, fascist, and socialist ideals through an animal fable.

The animals of Mr. Jones’s Manor Farm are overworked, mistreated, and desperately seeking a reprieve. In their quest to create an idyllic society where justice and equality reign, the animals of Manor Farm revolt against their human rulers, establishing the democratic Animal Farm under the credo, “All Animals Are Created Equal.” Out of their cleverness, the pigs—Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball—emerge as leaders of the new community. In a development of insidious familiarity, the pigs begin to assume ever greater amounts of power, while other animals, especially the faithful horse Boxer, assume more of the work. The climax of the story results in a brutal betrayal, when totalitarian rule is reestablished with the bloodstained postscript to the founding slogan: “But Some Animals Are More Equal than Others.”

This astonishing allegory, one of the most scathing satires in literary history, remains as fresh and relevant as the day it was published.

©1946 Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, Inc. (P)2004 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“There is a timeless, even transcendent quality to this little story.”

(Christopher Hitchens, New York Times bestselling author)

“A wise, compassionate, and illuminating fable of our times…The steadiness and lucidity of Orwell’s merciless wit are reminiscent of Anatole France and even of Swift.”

(New York Times Book Review)

“Absolutely first-rate…comparable to Voltaire and Swift.”

(New Yorker)

“Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works.”

(Amazon.com)

“A modern day fable, with modern implications in a deceiving simplicity…Orwell’s animals exist in their own right, with a narrative as individual as it is apt in political parody.”

(Kirkus Reviews)

“Animal Farm ought to resonate because it’s about the beguiling lure of messages that tell you they have answers…A very pertinent book for protecting you against making the small concessions towards being cruel or unfair or accepting injustice.”

(Jean Seaton, professor of media history at the University of Westminster and the director of the Orwell Foundation)

Great book!

One of my favorite books of all time, this book is an absolute classic. Makes me wonder what would have happened if Snowball (Trotsky) had been put in charge instead of Napoleon (A.K.A. Stalin).?.

wow....

this has always been on my to read list. Finally read it and wow if this isn't relevant to today's world I don't know what is.

Basically 1984: the allegory.

This book was, for lack of a better term, just an abridged version of 1984. That's not to detract from it, though. Both were excellent in their own way, and I enjoyed both equally. It was significantly shorter than I remember it being in high school though, but every bit as good. It's a deep dive into (what I believe to be) communism and (dys/u)topian societies. Bad living conditions lead to rebellion, the leaders seem altruistic at first only to impose more and more rules and altering history to a point where the citizens are eventually worse off than before. An excellent book and a must read.

The more things change . . .

Orwell's classic is sharp sighted. Society, economy, and politics all wonderfully and pointedly welded into a tale where subtext is more important than the tale itself.

A classic relevant to the world today.

the story is written exquisitely and read so well. I enjoyed hearing the unabridged book as the characters came to life (pun) and took form. The story is relevant to yesterday and today. A lesson for all.