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Animal Farm: Best political satire ever written

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Animal Farm TITLE- Animal Farm ORIGINAL TITLE- Animal Farm: A Fairy Story AUTHOR- George Orwell PUBLISHED ON- 17 August 1945 GENRES- Political satire, Children's literature, Novella. PAGE LENGTH- 112 WHAT'S THE STORY?           The book is set in the world where animals are cleaver than humans.           The leader of animals in farm, old major, the old pig on Manor farm, starts a revolution against their human owner. He refers human as enemy and composes a revolutionary song, 'Beasts of England.' Major was very kind and fair but he dies early.           After the death of old major, Napoleon becomes a new leader. But he was unfair and power hungry. He makes some rules under which, all the pigs are subjected to superior food, pleasures and rights. Other animals are forced to work hard, day and night.           Snowball, another pig who is much more respected than N...