Animal Farm

A political satire in which the animals take over running the farm but find their utopian state turning into a dictators... (more)

A political satire in which the animals take over running the farm but find their utopian state turning into a dictatorship. (less)

1984: In 1984, London is a grim city where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically re... (more)

1984: In 1984, London is a grim city where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be. (less)

Orwell's 1945 fable about the power struggles among animals on a farm parallels the situation in Russia at the time as O... (more)

Orwell's 1945 fable about the power struggles among animals on a farm parallels the situation in Russia at the time as Orwell saw it; the characters include the ruthless pig Stalin, his idealistic Trotsky-like adversary, and the simple, kindly horse who represents the common man. All animals are equals but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is the account of the bold struggle, initiated by the animals, that transforms Mr. Jones's 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 proves disastrous. 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. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. (less)

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"A beautiful graphic adaptation of George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel"-- (more)

"A beautiful graphic adaptation of George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel"-- (less)