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A stunning hardback edition of the classic novel.Animal Farm is one of the most famous warnings ever written. Orwell's immortal satire — 'against Stalin' as he wrote to his French translator — can be read on many levels. With its piercing clarity and deceptively simple style it is no surprise that this novel is required reading for schoolchildren and politicians alike. This fable of the steadfast horses Boxer and Clover, the opportunistic pigs Snowball and Napoleon, and the deafening choir of sheep remains an unparalleled masterpiece.One reviewer wrote "In a hundred years' time perhaps Animal Farm... may simply be a fairy story: today it is a fairy story with a good deal of point." Over sixty years on in the age of spin, it is more relevant than ever.Rejected by such eminent publishing figures as Victor Gollancz, Jonathan Cape and T.S. Eliot, Animal Farm was published to great acclaim by Martin Secker and Warburg on August 17, 1945 in an edition of 4500 copies. In the centenary year of Martin Secker, Ltd., Harvill Secker is proud to publish this special edition with a new introduction.

One of the Great Books of our time. "Absolutely first rate, cleverly conceived and delightfully written, easy and diverting style, and delightfully humorous" - these are some of the adjectives used by the world's top critics and newspapers to describe "Animal Farm", the world-renowned and hilarious attack on totalitarian governments by George Orwell, the brilliant author of 1984. You will chuckle and burst into laughter, you will sympathize with the oppressed and want to shout out your protest at their dictator, and you will end up by thinking this is one of the best books you have ever read. You will agree with the Saturday Review which said it is "Splendid...never once lags from beginning to end."