Animal Farm

De: George Orwell

Narrado por: Ralph Cosham

George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is an intimate part of our contemporary culture, quoted so often that we tend to forget who wrote the original words. It is an account of the bold struggle that transforms Mr. Jones' Manor Farm into Animal Farm, a wholly democratic society built on the credo that All Animals Are Created Equal. Out of their cleverness, the pigs Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball emerge as leaders of the new community in a subtle evolution that bears an insidious familiarity. The climax is the brutal betrayal of the faithful horse Boxer, when totalitarian rule is re-established with the bloodstained postscript to the founding slogan: But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others.To supplement the full text version of George Orwell's Animal Farm, listen to the SparkNotes Guide for Animal Farm.©1946 Harcourt Brace and Jovanich, Inc. (P)1991 Blackstone Audiobooks

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"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." (The New York Times Book Review)

An Alagory for Every Age.

Where does Animal Farm rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

While I've spent more time and fallen more deeply in love with other books available on audible, this book will continue to be one I concidder a Must Read for absolutely Everyone. Short, self contained, and deeply representative, it is a novel that is within Everyone's powers to understand on some level and is one I would concidder every acknowledged 'Authority' lesser for having never read.
Much attention is given to the suggestivity of using this novel to investigate the Russian Revolution, and indeed it is perhaps deeply congruous with those events, but I cannot help but feel that anyone who sees it as Only Representative of that event Miss the deeper, universal connotations.
While I find myself wondering at exactly which age such a novel would carry the most impact, I cannot help but think it worthy Required Reading for Anyone.
Not a distinction I can make of many novels I love, but one which this novel so completely embodies that I cannot think of it in any other light.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I find the novel unique in alagory in that None of the characters are entirely without faults. Every Animal, and indeed even the human characters are shown to have both positive and negative traits... While many animals Try to act in ways that appear to be the most goodly, many of them fall prey to their own predictability and ignorance. Likewise, the slow corruption and evolution toward evilness by the 'bad' characters can likewise be explained and forgiven...
I suppose I am left instead with a respect and identification with the donkey, who's long life and fatalistic approaches, while frustrating at first, prove to be in the end the most accurate.
I take issue with the cynicism that he represents, and am discouraged by his vindication through the eventual outcome, but cannot help but find myself seeing him as the only riteous character...
the rock that remains unchanged in the tummult...

Which character – as performed by Ralph Cosham – was your favorite?

I had not a favorite, but I found the Vanity of the Horse character to be well embodied... while she hid from danger, spirited away goods, and spent far too long looking at herself and wanting frivolities to aid her vanity, I found myself more and more hating her 'kind' in general... portreying a vain horse so clearly is not an undertaking I would choose to take on myself and is one he accomplished admirably.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Which Kind of Animal are You?
It seems that the whole gambit of human reaction and social type manages to get represented in the novel, despite the incongruity of using so very many different shapes and skills of animal to do so, and I, as a reader, find myself wondering what sorts of traits I would myself exibit... which side indeed would I be on?

Any additional comments?

The novel begins with a relatively short and dense introduction which delves into the symbolism of the novel and it's catagorisation... I would have preferred that to have been moved to the end... while I had been somewhat familliar with the book ahead of time, it made for a lot of dense data to absorb first thing and somewhat distractedly seguayed right into the book... if you weren't careful you'd miss it... moreover, the discussions raised and points covered so early on tended to be lost on me later in the novel...
Perhaps skipping ahead to the novel and returning to that portion afterward would be a better way of addressing it... perhaps not... just a thought...
An excelently done bit of writing and Never Ever to Be Missed!!

The Allegory of Chapter 10

Timeless as well as timely. Orwell the novelist for the elite foretold what our socialist society has become. The pigs lie. They conspire while we the lower animals toil. The swine are the over stuffed politicians and their bureaucrat minions. Chapter 10 tells of the false hope of retirement for the masses due to the squandering of resources for the betterment of the pigs. The ruse of healthcare for all becomes the reality of death panels, poisonous drugs, fluoridation, and all manner of tricks to shorten the lives of the lower beasts. We are now all creatures on the Animal Farm.

listened till 6am

I loved it. I had previously read 1984 for honors English in highschool (which is also in my library). I decided to start this one first because it was shorter and I had not yet read it. The metaphors and symbolism were very thought provoking. At many points in the book they seemed to reference religion and government.. I did t think of it till writing this review, that it was the authors point to do that. Touche Mr. Orwell, touche.

Great performance, terrible ending

Firstly, the performance was VERY good, however the ending gave me an empty feeling, why the story rating is lower. However, the rest of it was great. Except the back and forth with the windmill destruction, I though it was pretty good.

loved it!!!!!!

I have never read Animal Farm not even in school but this turned out to be a very good book with very good lessons.

Relevant

Read this book, its informative and it’s relevant as hell #2020. Made me feel a bit dirty afterwards.

Truth stranger than fiction

It’s amazing to see how easily we are controlled and choose our enslavement. Must read especially on what’s going on now. Nothing new under the sun.

I now know why they have suppressed this book on schools

George Orwell


A man well ahead of his time. The parallel universe between animal farm and our world now is mind blowing. There are parts of the story that will give you the chills. I'm very surprised this book is referenced just as much as his other masterpiece 1984

great tale of the creation of the United states of

To me it tells the story of the creation of America after the revolutionary war. But don't take my word for it.

All animals are equal, some more than others

Great work, as expected from G.O. I wanted to listen to this again, as the last time I heard about it was in highschool. Hits differently now that I am older.