Animal Farm (Macmillan Collector's Library)

Orwell, George

ISBN 10: 1529032679 / ISBN 13: 9781529032673

Verlag: Macmillan Collector's Library, 2021

Wie neu/Like new. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers M01529032679-N

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A masterpiece of political satire, Animal Farm is George Orwell's timeless allegory of the corrupting influence of power.

Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, this stunning clothbound edition features gold foiled edges, a ribbon marker, and an introduction by award-winning writer and editor of the New Statesman, Jason Cowley. When the beloved boar Old Major gathers the animals of Manor Farm to preach about freedom and rebellion against the evils of humankind, he sparks a revolution that has long been brewing. The animals drive out their drunken farmer and establish their own society, founded on the promise of equality for all. But as the pigs Napoleon and Snowball appoint themselves leaders, what begins as a supposedly egalitarian community descends into an increasingly violent and hierarchical regime, rife with lies and corruption. First published in 1945, Animal Farm remains a stark warning against the allure of totalitarianism, and one of the most famous and influential works of fiction ever written.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Eric Arthur Blair (George Orwell) was born in 1903 in India where his father was a civil servant. After studying at Eton, he served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma for several years which inspired his first novel, Burmese Days. After two years in Paris, he returned to England to work as a teacher and then in a bookshop. In 1936 he travelled to Spain to fight for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, where he was badly wounded. During the Second World War he worked for the BBC. A prolific journalist and essayist, Orwell wrote some of the most influential books in English literature, including the dystopian Nineteen Eighty-Four and his political allegory Animal Farm. He died from tuberculosis in 1950.

Jason Cowley is an award-winning journalist, magazine editor and writer. He has been widely credited with transforming the fortunes of the New Statesman, both as a magazine and website. In 2020 he was voted editor of the year (politics and current affairs) for the fourth time at the British Society of Magazine Editors awards. He is the author of The Last Game, Reaching for Utopia and Who Are We Now?.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Animal Farm (Macmillan Collector's Library)
Verlag: Macmillan Collector's Library
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: as new