George Orwell’s Animal Farm First Published

On this day, George Orwell’s political satire ‘Animal Farm’ was first published. It tells the story of a group of anthropomorphic farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy and away from human interventions. However, by the end of the novella, the rebellion is betrayed, and under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon, the farm ends up in a far worse state than it was before. Orwell described Animal Farm as a satirical tale against Stalin and in his essay, “Why I Write” (1946), wrote: “Animal Farm was the first book in which I tried, with full consciousness of what I was doing, to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole.” The manuscript was initially rejected by several British and American publishers, but went on to become a great commercial success, winning several awards.

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