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  • Written by: George Orwell
  • Narrated by: Simon Callow
  • Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (378 ratings)

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Animal Farm

Written by: George Orwell
Narrated by: Simon Callow
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Just as relevant today as it was when it was first published, this classic work of fiction is given a new lease of life through Simon Callow's imaginative narration. First-time listeners and Orwell veterans alike will delight in this audiobook version.

Animal Farm is George Orwell's great socio-political allegory set in a farmyard, where the animals decide to seize the farmer's land and create a co-operative that reaps the benefits of their combined labours.

However, as with all great political plans, some animals see a bigger share of the rewards than others, and the animals start to question their supposed utopia. They decide that working for humans is doing them no favours, so under the leadership of Napoleon, the only Berkshire Boar on the farm, and the other pigs, they drive out the farmer and his cohorts and set about structuring their own society.

Based on a list of supposedly animal-friendly rules such as "four legs good, two legs baaaaad", the animals work together to harvest their own food and run their own farm. However, little by little, the rules begin to mysteriously change, and the pigs seem to gain power little by little, making the animals question what society they were striving for in the first place and whether their new-found freedom is as liberating as they might have hoped.

With direct allusions to political figures such as Lenin, Marx, Trotsky, Stalin, and Molitov, to name but a few, Animal Farm is one of the greatest socio-political works of all time, and this UNABRIDGED audio does it absolute justice.

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A Classic

A thoroughly enjoyable treat for children and adults, alike. Wonderful performance with great humour and skills.

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A political and humorous classic

How wonderfully the real life lease on political and social life is depicted through the animals . Amazing to try and I am sure you will not regret.

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Awesome work .Must listen audiobook

Awesome work .Must listen audiobook. A master piece which forces you to rethink the world we live in .

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Really amazing Satire.

Very nice book. Great read. A must read. The Political Satire is amazing. This may not seem to be that well written when you think of it on outside but reading this with mind open and whats happening in reality, makes it whole lot more worthwhile

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Great and Lively Performance

loved it!! Such a nice way to narrate this classic.It was almost as if i am listening to a movie

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Excellent narration . Voice inflection n intonation perfect. Memorable moment, victory of Snowball. The ending a telling commentary on those in power n how it's relentless chase changes them. The human n the pig are indistinguishable.

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Great if you can draw the parallels.

It was a really nice book and greatly depicted the tyranny of a rebellion. Really nice narration as well.

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Satire at best

One of the the most amazing read on socio political environment around us. wonderfully narrated.

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Basic human traits personified.

A must read for everyone, beautifully narrated and was a pleasure to finish it in one go.

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This book should be mandatory in all schools.

People don't realize how far ahead orwell was back in his times. He knew authoritarianism and dictatorship will lead to a society where individual liberty would cease to exist. Already Soviet Russia, China, North Korea are living example of it and now America is on track.

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