All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell's allegory of the farm's revolutionary animals - the loyal horses Boxer and Clover, the opportunistic pigs Snowball and Napoleon, and the deafening choir of sheep - who overthrow their elite human master, only to find themselves subjected to a new authority, is one of the most famous warnings ever written. "Animal Farm" was rejected by prominent publishers such as Victor Gollancz, Jonathan Cape, and T.S. Eliot due to its daring criticism of Stalin, but was published with great acclaim by Martin Secker and Warburg on August 17, 1945. A critic wrote: "In a hundred years, Animal Farm... may just be a fairy story: today, it is a fairy story with a great deal of meaning." Forty-five years from its first publication, Orwell's immortal satire remains an unsurpassed masterpiece and more relevant than ever. The original edition. With an introduction by Christopher Hitchens. *The cover of this stunning hardcover edition features period art by Elizabeth Friedlander, one of the leading graphic designers in Europe in the 20th century.*