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Classics · Dystopian

Animal Farm

The animals of a run-down farm drive out their drunken owner and set up their own equal society. Slowly the pigs take charge, and the rules get quietly rewritten.

First published
1945
Pace
fast
Length
short
Format
Standalone

Read this if you want a short, sharp fable about how revolutions can be hijacked.

Skip this if you expect a cuddly talking-animal story, because the tone is grim and the ending bleak.

The feel

Content warnings

  • Violence
  • Animal death
  • Death

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