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- ISBN: 9781481540544 (sound recording)
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1 online resource (3 audio files) : digital
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: Ashland : Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Buck 50 ... Read More
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| General Note: | Unabridged. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Narrator: Ralph Cosham. |
| Summary, etc.: | George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian ... Read More |
| Target Audience Note: | Text Difficulty 9 - Text Difficulty 12 |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or ... Read More |
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| Subject: | Fiction Classic Literature |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
Summary:
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' 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 is the brutal betrayal of Boxer, when totalitarian rule is reestablished with the bloodstained postscript to the founding slogan: "But Some Animals Are More Equal than Others."
