George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a short novel written duringWorld War II and published in 1945. It tells the story of a group of farmanimals who revolt against their keeper. They want to create a place where allanimals are treated equally and where they can be free and happy. However, theyare eventually betrayed by one of them, and the farm returns to its previousstate.
The narrative is an allegory, which means the author intended it to symbolizetrue events. It is one of the most well-known political allegories. It is basedon the betrayal of the Russian Revolution by Joseph Stalin.

About the Author

George Orwell, pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair, (born June25, 1903, Motihari, Bengal, India–died January 21, 1950, London, England),English novelist, essayist, and critic famous for his novels Animal Farm (1945)and Nineteen Eighty-four (1949), the latter a profound anti-utopian novel thatexamines the dangers of totalitarian rule.