Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by PeterN64
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Animal Farm is a dystopian novella in the form of an allegory by George Orwell. Published in England on 17 August 1945, the book reflects events leading up to and during the Stalin era before World War II. Orwell, a democratic socialist and a member of the Independent Labour Party for many years, was a critic of Joseph Stalin and was suspicious of Moscow-directed Stalinism after his experiences with the NKVD during the Spanish Civil War. In a letter to Yvonne Davet, Orwell described Animal Farm as his novel "contre Stalin"
The original title was Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, but A Fairy Story was dropped by the US publishers for its 1946 publication. Of all the translations during Orwell's lifetime, only Telugu kept the original title. Other variations in the title include: A Satire and A Contemporary Satire. Orwell suggested for the French translation the title Union des républiques socialistes animales, recalling the French name of the Soviet Union, Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques, and which abbreviates URSA, which means "bear", a symbol of Russia, in Latin.
Time Magazine chose the book as one of the 100 best English-language novels (1923 to 2005); it also places at number 31 on the Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Novels. It won a Retrospective Hugo Award in 1996 and is also included in the Great Books of the Western World.
Comments (14)
ArtistKimberly
hey this is great and and really nice Idell ºO•-)•––––––––•(-• •°• °• Simply superbe •°•°• •-)•––––––––•(-•Oº
bazza
Lovely work and info Peter I remember seeing the movie on TV called animal farm it was a cartoon with the pigs as running the farm and all the other animals doing the work the thing that stuck with me was the words All animals are equal but some animals (the pigs) were more equal than others. The pigs got the best of every thing and the rest got anything that was left, Now that sounds like communism at work.. The leaders/government officials get the best and everyone else gets whats left.. so much for everyone being equal..
ragouc
Very good illustration and pose.
UteBigSmile
Masterpiece of artwork dear Peter, I saw the movie, but your images are a lot better!!! Sunday-hug's from Ute
Faemike55
Fantastic work and wonderful scenes - depicting the aspect of equality, at least as the pigs saw it!
adrie
This just way to cool work my friend, excellent work love all the images...excellent done.
njb2000
Wow Four Excellent pictures in a wonderfully detailed enviroment all worthy of top marks! Hats of to you!
Seahorse
Amazing!!!!
Cimaira
Wonderful series of images!
BIGBEAR1965
Very cool scene and a great piece of information! Excellent work!
zil2008
Excellent illustration of Animal farm. Orwell was a great writer. Animal farm was one of the books we studied in detail in school as it was a satire on socialism and totalitarianism. As Orwell spent more and more time with the down-and-outs of England, he became convinced that the only remedy for the invidious problem of poverty lay in socialism, a political and economic philosophy arguing that only when the state controls the means of production and distribution will all members of a nation share its profits and rewards. Unlike capitalism, the philosophy holding that a nation's means of production and distribution should be privately owned and controlled, socialism argues that only government regulation of a nation's economy can close the gap between the rich and the poor. Although he was not a virulent anti-capitalist, Orwell did think that only with the gradual introduction of socialist ideas and practices into British life would the poor eventually come to share in the fruits of their nation's prosperity. As he explained in his Preface to the Ukrainian edition of Animal Farm, "I became pro-Socialist more out of disgust with the way the poorer section of the industrial workers were oppressed and neglected than out of any theoretical admiration for a planned society." After fighting against fascism (an oppressive system of government in which the ruling party has complete economic control) in the Spanish Civil War, Orwell dedicated himself to exploring political questions in his writing. As he explains in the essay "Why I Write," "Every line of serious work I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism." His detestation and fear of totalitarianism — an even more extreme form of fascism in which the ruling party has complete control over all aspects of a people's lives — thus informed much of his literary output.
loligagger
Excellent scenes!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nickieboy2004
Cool scene!
anitalee
Excellent!