Animal Farm
Animal Farm is 💐 a satirical allegorical novella by George Orwell , first published in England on 17 August 1945. [1] [2] 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, 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 . Animal Farm First edition cover Author George Orwell Original title Animal Farm: A Fairy Story Country United Kingdom Language English Genre Political satire Published 17 August 1945 ( Secker and Warburg , London, England) Media type Print (hard & paperback) Pages 112 (UK paperback edition) OCLC 53163540 Dewey Decimal 823/.912 20 LC Class PR6029.R8 A63 2003b Preceded by Inside the Whale and Other Essays Followed by Nineteen Eighty-Four According to Orwell, ...