"Fairy tales (Compact disc)" . . . . . . . . . . . "Farm animals rebel against their drunken human master. But when the pigs assert their superiority over the rest of the animals, appending to the idealist principle that \"all animals are equal\" the insidious coda that \"some animals are more equal than others,\" the farm is headed for disaster. The pigs' cynical grab of power eventually leads to the liquidation of those who believed most in the revolution, and the cycle of desolation comes full-circle."@en . . "Animal farm full-cast drama & [and] analysis" . "Animal farm" . . . . . . "Discusses satire, allegory. Highlights the theme, discusses Orwell's philosophies. Details main action of book."@en . . . . . "The barnyard animals at Manor Farm revolt against their cruel two-legged master, Mr. Jones, taking over the farm and establishing an ideal community based on honest principles, industry, and personal liberty."@en . . "Downloadable audio books" . . . . "Downloadable audio books"@en . . . "Fables" . "Fables"@en . . . . . "George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is an intimate part of our contemporary culture. It is an account of the bold struggle that transforms Mr. Jones's Manor Farm into Animal Farm, a wholly democratic society built on the credo that All Animals Are Created Equal."@en . . "Animal Farm read complete and unabridged" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Satire"@en . "Satire" . "Political fiction"@en . "Political fiction" . . . . . "\"'Animal Farm, ' one of the great social satires of our century, is based upon modern Eastern European history. First published in 1945, it is the classic fable of the utopian dream and the corruptive influences of power. When the animals at Manor Farm revolt against their master, Mr. Jones, their goal is to take over the farm and establish an ideal community based on hard work, honesty, and the equality of all animals. Guided by the memory of Old Major's utopian vision and the seven commandments, 'Animal Farm' is still a relevant and powerful tale of how blind allegiance to political leaders leads to ruin.\""@en . . "Orwell's satirical shot at the then-new totalitarianism of the left is so accurate that no one has been able to do it better."@en . . "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."@en . . . . "Symbolske dyrefortællinger" . . . . . . . . . . "'All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.' Animal Farm - the history of a revolution that went wrong - is George Orwell's brilliant satire on the corrupting influence of power. Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Snowball leads to the animals taking over the farm, vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities of the farmyard, the renamed Animal Farm is organised to benefit all who walk on four legs. But as time passes, the ideals of the rebellion are corrupted, then forgotten. And something new and unexpected emerge" . . . . . . . "The animals of the farmyard rebel against Farmer Jones in the name of equality. But the tyrannical pig Napoleon soon establishes a totalitarian state." . . . . . . . . "Allegories" . "Allegories"@en . . . . "Presents an unabridged reading of George Orwell's political satire in which the animals take over running the farm, but find their utopian state turning into a dictatorship. Includes both print and audio versions."@en . . . . . . . . "Fantasy fiction"@en . "A social satire about a group of animals that take over the farm."@en . "An allegorical satire of totalitarianism in which farm animals, invested with human motives and emotions, take control of Mr Jones' farm. The story can be read and understood on many levels."@en . . . "Recorded Books presents A Smart Pass guide to Animal farm"@en . "Animal farm SteadyReader (10%-15% slower pace)"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Audio adaptations" . "Sound recordings"@en . . . . "\"When the animals at Manor Farm revolt against their master, Mr. Jones, their goal is to take over the farm and establish an ideal community based on hard work, honesty, and the equality of all animals. Guided by the memory of Old Major's utopian vision and the seven commandments, Animal Farm, as the animals have renamed it, briefly fulfills the ideal.\"--Container." . "\"When the animals at Manor Farm revolt against their master, Mr. Jones, their goal is to take over the farm and establish an ideal community based on hard work, honesty, and the equality of all animals. Guided by the memory of Old Major's utopian vision and the seven commandments, Animal Farm, as the animals have renamed it, briefly fulfills the ideal.\"--Container."@en . . . "Humor" . . . . . . . . . "Themselves take over. They set out to govern on the principle that \"all animals are equal\"; fairly rapidly some animals become \"more equal than others\". A modern fable on the history of a revolution, with excellent excuses at every step of the descent into dictatorship for each perversion of the original ideas."@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Animal Farm"@en . "Animal Farm" . . . . . . "Classic fiction" . . . . "\"Orwell's simple and tragic fable, compelling to children and adults alike, tells what happens when the animals of Manor Farm overthrow the farmer, Mr Jones and create the first 'Animal Farm'. setting out with the highest ideals and the best of intentions, the animals discover that the craving for power among some of them leads inexorably to dictatorship, corruption and disillusionment.\" - container."@en . . . "A political satire on the methods of dictatorship written in the guise of an allegory. On the other hand, the story of the animals is a delightful tale that can be enjoyed as a fable."@en . "Animal farm" . "Animal farm"@en . . . . "A satire on totalitarianism in which farm animals overthrow their human owner and set up their own government."@en . . . . "litteraturanalyser" . . . . . . . "Belletristische Darstellung" . . "Orwell's world famous satire on dictatorship."@en . . . . . . "Samfundskritik og -satire" . . "Classic" . . . "Persiflage op de dictatuur van de leugen in een totalitaire staat." . . . . "One night on an English farm, Major the boar recounts his vision of a utopia where his fellow creatures own the land along with the means of production and are no longer the slaves of humans. Before long his dream comes true and for a short while all animals really are equal. But the clever pigs educate themselves and soon learn how to extend their own power, inevitably at the expense of the rest of the community."@en . "Animal fram" . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . . . "Radio plays" . . "A fairy tale about farmer Jone's domesticated animals, who, when they revolt against their cruel master are then taken over by the pigs, and soon find they have succeeded in exchanging one form of tyrrany for another, and once again are forced to unite in a common cause."@en . . . "The animals in the farmyard 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 bad\" 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, 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." . . . . . . . . . "Playaway"@en . "The animals of the farmyard rebel against Farmer Jones in the name of equality." . "The animals of the farmyard rebel against Farmer Jones in the name of equality."@en . . "When the animals at Manor Farm revolt against their master, Mr. Jones, their goal is to take over the farm and establish an ideal community based on hard work, honesty, and the equality of all animals. Guided by the memory of Old Major's utopian vision and the seven commandments, Animal Farm, as the animals have renamed it, briefly fulfills the ideal. Memories are short, however, and soon--through manipulation and aggression by those who assume power--the farm's founding principles are slowly eroded and abloished."@en . . . . "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. When the animals of Mr. Jones's Manor Farm revolt against their human rulers, they establish 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.'"@en . "SmartPass guides use full-cast drama to immerse students in the text, draw them into complex intelligent debate and train them to develop, express and support their own ideas with confidence."@en . . . . . . . . . . "'All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.' Animal Farm - the history of a revolution that went wrong - is George Orwell's brilliant satire on the corrupting influence of power. Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Snowball leads to the animals taking over the farm. Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities of the farmyard, the renamed Animal Farm is organised to benefit all who walk on four legs. But as time passes, the ideals of the rebellion are corrupted, then forgotten. And something new and unexpected emerges...Tamsin Greig, Nicky Henson and Toby Jones star in this new drama, part of BBC Radio 4's The Real George Orwell season - a Radio 4 journey that explores the disjuncture between the man who was Eric Blair and the writer who was George Orwell." . . . . . "Animal farm [talking book]" . . "analyser" . . . . . . . . . "Utopian fiction"@en . "Farmer Jones' domesticated animals, who, when they revolt against their cruel master, are then taken over by the pigs, and soon find they have succeeded in exchanging one form of tyranny for another."@en . . . . "The animals in the farmyard 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 bad\" 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." . "Talking books" . . . "Drama"@en . "Drama" . "Eventyrromaner" . . . . . "Animal Farm was George Orwell's satirical shot at the then-new totalitarianism of the left. It is so accurate that no one has been able to do it better or more effectively, or even come close. Who can forget 'All Animals Are Created Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others'. By putting wisdom in the mouths of animals, Orwell uses an age-old artifice and proves again how the pen can be mightier than the sword."@en . . . "Animal farm a fairy story"@en . "Unabridged."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Orwell's world famous satire on dictatorship told through a story about the happenings of an english country farm and the animal inhabitants who find it their duty to rebel against the sometimes cruel owner and prove themselves every bit mankind's intellectual equal."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Fiction" . "Fiction"@en . . . . "Recorded Books presents Animal farm"@en . . . . . "The animals in the farmyard 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 bad\" the animals work together to harvest their own food and run their own farm ..."@en . . "An account of the bold struggle that transforms Mr. Jone'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 bears an insidious familiarity. The climax is the brutal totalitarian rule is re-established with the bloodstained postscript to the founding slogan: But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others ..." . . . . . . . . . . "Audiobooks"@en . "Audiobooks" . . . . . . "The animals in the farmyard 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 bad' 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, making the animals question whether their new-found freedom is as liberating as they might have hoped." . . . . . . "A political satire in which the animals take over running the farm, but find their utopian state turning into a dictatorship." . . "When the animals at Manor Farm revolt against their master, their goal is to establish an ideal community based on hard work, honesty, and the equality of all animals. Animal Farm, as they rename it, briefly fulfills the ideal. But soon, through manipulation and aggression by those who assume power, the farm's founding principles are slowly eroded and abolished."@en . "A satire in fable form expressed through the animals of Manor Farm." . . . . . . "SmartPass, Ltd. 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